As everyone got close to being completely ready a siren blared through out the shopping mall, people begin to immediately head to stairs with there gear and hoddies in pure white, now that I look back all the people who are here always have their hoddie on so I am guessing this place is regularly attacked so people have there hods on but not completely to be inconvenience to them from doing regular actions like moving boxes around and such.

I walk toward the rushing crowd and hear little snips of panic talk, “Why are the sirens going off?” a male like voice said, “If the sirens are going off then aren’t those traitors doing a fly over?” a female voice said. With the little information I have gotten from them talking I was wrong, but if the sirens are going off and that does mean an attack from the FLA and the closest front to the traitors is roughly 700km away form here so they are out of the picture too.

This is honestly confusing me about who could trigger the alarm, unless it was someone within the mall but that is high unlikely with the amount of soldiers and strict code for squads and such so people infiltrating and trying to sabotage is like I said unlikely. I walk back thinking multiple things that could trigger the alarm but none really seem possible, “Author you find out the reason why the alarm going off?” Heathmore asked.

I shake my head still confused about what is going on out there, I look back and watch as the crowd starts to thin out bit by bit, “we should move up into the higher floors and see what is going on” Ryan said, so everyone quickly grab their weapons and made a move into the higher floors until we reached the ground floor and joined in on the crowd forming which starts to make me nervous.

I then see smoke rising from an area which only furthers my nervousness, then everyone just ran and headed for cover and so did we with out thinking. I hid with Jorgenson and some others behind a wall that is semi destroyed as hole are present, using said hole I look through one closest to me to see what everyone was taking cover from and saw a meatal pod with the insignia of the empire.

The white pod hissed with the hydraulics activating and lifting a door slowly only to have pop off in a moment flying into an area I could not see into. I turned my attention back to the pod and saw a meatal figure in pure white step out holding a heavy weapon that is unfamiliar to me, the figure stood roughly 7’0 high and had a helmet that looked like mine but had not visor only the bottom bit the visor was replaced with nothing but it could be something that can see through one way but from here it looks to meatal.

A few more of the things walk out and one more steps out but is not like the others at all, the height is 6’0 and more feminine compared to the others and has the mask like the other but is more natural looking. Questions run through my mind on just who could they be then the insignia on the pod reminds me of a certain someone from two years ago.

A special forces unit, how fitting to two from both side here at the same time.

I take off my helmet and throw it to Jorgenson who is ready to fire his launcher at any moment they do anything, he catches it and looks over at me wonder why I threw it to him, “Add the other to it I have info on these people and know who they are” he nods and taps the side of his helmet and rolls out a wire, he plugs it in to my helmet and does what I ask promisingly and throws it back.

I put back on my helmet and have the coms of the others, “How are these ass wipes” Frawran says rightfully so, “By the looks of it Robots” Heathmore said, “Doubt it because they were all demolished in the War of Ice right?” Alexandrea says although in the past hundred years or so someone has been making some or keeping them hidden but unlikely, “that is unlikely as the protocol around them was so strict and the search teams to get rid of all of them were ruthless with investigations” Kathrine says which surprises me with how she knows that.

“Then what are they?” Frawran ask’s, “Special Forces of the empire” I chime in with the answer, “you sure they are?” Ryan askes as you can’t be to sure in this kind of situation, “Yes that insignia is branded into my memory” I confirm back although showing a little anger knowing it is them, but she is likely not going to be here of places.

“If that is so then distraction is key right here” Ryan gave us a short plan of action to follow which is for Jorgenson to let off the launcher at them and once that is done we the squad will have to have patch on the back of hods come off for our insignia to show to stop friendly fire, which confused me as I never knew there was one.

I ripped mine off and tore off Jorgenson’s and one thing I noticed was that if you are not wearing a helmet from the FCA you can’t see the insignia, as I could not see it but in just a few seconds it showed up in view, I quickly stashed the ripped off parts somewhere so they don’t fly off some place far away.

I ready my weapon but unsure of who to aim for “Jorgenson who are aiming at?” “The guy on the left although I am thinking of hitting the one in the middle” he quickly responds I aim for the one the far right and say I am ready when he is.

Jorgenson fire his launcher and I fire a couple shots at the dude, Jorgenson lays the launcher down throws a smoke to cover us while we relocate, all hell broke lose after this. The rocket exploded and then the rest of the people opened fire onto the poor squad which was roughly a hundred people or so laying lead down range.

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Me and Jorgenson kept low the entire time until we found a new piece of cover for us to continue the plan which was for Kathrine and Frawran to distract and have Heathmore and Ryan try and take out one bit of the squad who would most likely head for the right to take cover and the other part was left for Jorgenson, Alexandrea, and I to deal with.

But a plan always crumbles when hit with the actual situation, which is what happened here, as the squad let loose with their weapons shredding mine and Jorgenson’s old Position, and having a few other area be demolished by the heavy rounds hitting them. Jorgenson just looks back at me and sighs in relief most likely.

Me and Jorgenson then step it up a bit with our pace to get to where Alexandrea is and when we get there her position was hit by the relentless fire, she was laying against a wall with the big majority of it missing and was fine Thankfully but the other were not so lucky having been in that area that was hit hard even me who has dead people and well killed people this is just sicking with how mangled they are with the pieces of wall in them or just missing entire limbs or chunks of torso.

I look away from it and cover while Jorgenson headed over to Alexandrea, “Hey you good Capital Girl” she nods and stands only to fall back down, “Leg is not doing so fine though I think” Jorgenson rolls up one her pants sleeves and finds what’s wrong, this was when I looked over and saw her femur poking straight out from her leg.

Jorgenson roles down the sleeve and looks back at me, “We have Alexandrea hit broken leg we need to get her out” Jorgenson reports only to have quite over the coms until Ryan Comes on “Heathmore is KIA and Frawran and Katrine are hit but are not critical” Ryans report was unsettling to hear, this was turning into a disaster of a first deployment.

Already suffering from 1 KIA and 3 WIA is not something you want to hear. just what weapon are they using to fire such heavy rounds and that fast?

The answer to it escaped me as no weapon I knew of although small outside of snipers had such a big calibre and fired that fast. I was snaped out of looking for answers as I heard the massive figures walking with loud stomps but only two pairs were heard from my end I looked around the corned and find that the left side of guys were hurt and badly to be expected though and the guy I shot was no longer wearing that weird one-way material plate over his visor area.

“I have an idea once you are done patching the broken leg Jorgenson” Jorgenson after a little stacked up behind me planting his on my left shoulder, “Aim for the head visor area of the guys I shoot got it” he taps my shoulder twice confirming he heard what I said.

I swing the corner and aim at the right guy who was closest to us and fire two time at his head, then aim at the guy on the left and shoot twice at his head, both stopped and reached up to remover the armour piece for their visor.

Jorgenson once the guy closest to did so fire four shots hitting two in the intended area and having one hit the forehead with the other hitting the mask area doing nothing, I shoot the guy farther left hitting him roughly right eye area, they both dropped to the ground like a sack of rocks leaving behind them a splatter mark on a wall or floor.

We both quickly head back into to cover, as I hear another pair of stomping feet in front of us all I say was the barrel of the heavy gun point at us as we rushed to dive out of the way of the incoming round but as soon we move out of the way two shots hit the visor guard that does stop them at all though as the gun fires letting making hearing difficult for a bit.

I look back up seeing that one hand is reaching up to get rid of the guard that is clearly broke and as they tear it off me, Jorgenson, and Alexandrea already to shoot the visor, but they a shot was heard before we even pulled the trigger and as he fell I saw Ryan standing behind them pointing his pistol as he has his other arm occupied with carrying Frawran.

That was three along with the two caught in the blast in total 5 are dealt with just 2 more with the guy who has their visor guard of and the female one, I give myself a general check to see if I have been hit at all which I have not been which brings relief me as I don’t want to go through a dying experience again.

I stand on my feet and cover for the others to cross as the area they are close to is an open corridor down to a staircase up where I see some other soldiers in white but not like the metal ones, after they all crossed Jorgenson keeps watch on the area I was watch and I go back to the original place I was at where I could the pod which was not to far from Alexandrea.

Ryan lays Frawran down next to Alexandrea and come to where I am, “Got anything new to report?” “Yeah aim for the head visor area that thing guard them but is also easily damaged and hinders their vison” Ryan pats me on the back, “There should be roughly three to two left” said Jorgenson as he watches down the corridor.

I quickly look around and see a pair of two on the second floor doing some hand signals and pointing to the shop next door to us, I presume those are the two who saved our asses a minute ago, I look out and see the long barrel of the gun and quickly snap myself back to cover.

I give a thumbs up and nod at them, I turn my head to Ryan who is behind me and tilt my head to signal that one is next door to us, he takes the hint I was trying to give and retrieves a explosive from Jorgenson who noticed the same thing I did just from his side.

Ryan goes through the massive hole the wall stepping over dead and rubble and plants the explosive on it and rushes back to stand behind me and sets it off shaking the area we were in we both rush in as soon as the explosive went off being carful with passing both Alexandrea and Frawran.

Ryan turns left and I turn right and aim at the massive hulking structure making me feel small in comparison, I shoot the back of his head and turn the help Ryan but see he has delt with, that only leaves one more left in the whole group, me and Ryan begin to clear the store, and the scope I have I have to look over it into the iron sights as it limits my vision.

A shot hit near me and I hear shuffling next aisle to me I step back a few steps and tap the trigger over and over again firing multiple rounds through the meatal, I then run and turn to look down the aisle I had just fired into and saw no one and I walked slowly to approach where I shot but saw no one.

I link up with Ryan after a few minutes of clearing the place to see no one, I don’t care if they disappeared just as long as their gone I am fine with. me and Ryan head back to the Store we were set up in to figure out what to do now.

First was obviously a report to the higher ups and getting these three help for there injuries, after that is a mystery.