Chapter 286: Vexical Prime: Aftermath
Jace took a moment before he pulled himself up. Surprised by the impact of those drones. He looked at the downed enemy for only a moment before turning his attention to the rest of the compound. Many of the other enemy soldiers had turned their attention toward their direction.
Jace growled in annoyance as he stood up. He looked at the Union pilot who was disorientated. "Go fly this thing. I will take care of the enemy occupants." He told him as he walked up the ramp and toward the control panel.
The Union pilot jumped up and ran toward the front of the transport. He would have to climb up a set of stairs. The only fortunate thing to happen was that there were not many enemies in his transport. So as Jace drew his Pyre and fired at the partially dressed one that came running out of the lower cabin. He moved to search the rest of the areas quickly.
After only a few seconds the transports were taking off and he could hear radio chatter as they set a path off the planet. He found another enemy sneaking up to the cockpit of the ship. He shot him in the back of the head, causing the hall to get covered in brains and blood.
Then he secured the cockpit door and walked to the side door. Opening it and looking down. They were already pretty high up. Their transport was the last one to take off. They had to quickly take off to make sure the enemies were not able to stop them, disable the transports, or shoot them down. But Jace waited a moment, programmed the door to close after he left and timed his jump for when the slave transport was over a building.
He landed on the slanted glass roof of a building and slid down. It was not actual glass but some type of see through resistant material. Because if it was glass he would have crashed right through it. Instead he slid down to the edge of the building where he stopped himself.
He looked out back over at the Holy Empire compound. Several enemy vessels were already taking off while mechs broke formation and ran off. It was clear the surprise had broken their will as a second later two attack craft moving at high speeds dropped bombs right into the center of the compound. It caused a chain reaction as they hit the ammunition storage.
"This is Spectre Jace to The Elysium. Operation complete. Send Cerberus squad to come pick me up. We will head over to the Circle of Yuri bases and-" Jace was interrupted by Director Fenrir.
"That is unnecessary Spectre Jace." She interrupted him just as he was getting into his flow. "Spectre Nina’s special forces unit along with Spectre Anja’s Shock Trooper regiment just blitz the enemy compound. The vampires built a scarecrow fortress, leaving the civilians and captured soldiers behind. It seems they have gone underground. You are to report back to the Venture. Specialist Rook will join your squad again after a debriefing."
Jace sighed as he looked out over not just the enemy compound but the massive city that made up Vexical Prime. He could see Vexical Military attack craft dipping down and firing down against targets on the ground. In the sky the clouds that were releasing chemical rain were dispersing. It would seem his part in this battle was over.
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Victor whistled as he looked through the binoculars. He was watching from a distance as their scarecrow base was being torn apart. He was able to immediately pick out two of them as special. They had the same armor design as that Spectre Jace.
"How bad is it?" One of his fellow commanders asked from behind. None of them were purebloods. But they were all mutants with their own special set of skills. Which was why they were entrusted with this task by the Parliament, which was a political party that wanted to reform the Circle of Yuri.
"They are tearing through the base. These nanohumans do not mess around. Have you secured our backup transport off Vexical Prime?" Victor asked as he turned and handed the binoculars to someone else who was curious about what was left.
All of their mercenaries were dead. All that was left was the nine vampire mutants that were present. Which to be fair they were planning on always ditching their mercenaries and leaving them to protect the scarecrow compound. But even then he was planning to slip by among the local mercenaries after the Vexical Military returned.
But that plan went out the window when they got cornered by Spectre Jace. Then while he was fighting the Spectre he lost two capable subordinates to that Holy Empire specialist.
Valkyries were a nightmare to deal with. Their weapons were basically made for fighting vampires. The only thing more dangerous then them were the rogue group calling themselves Vampire Hunters.
"We plan to slip through on some stolen space ships once the planetary blockade lightens up. It would be a death sentence if we tried to leave with that blockade. It annihilated the ships in orbit within five minutes of arriving." Another of them explained.
"Okay then we just need to lay low for now." Victor agreed and looked out over the destruction. As far as the Circle of Yuri was concerned this battle was a disaster. While the operation could have gone better for the Parliament, they still managed to achieve their objective.
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She was slipping in and out of consciousness. Trying to piece together her memories leading up to her blackout. While the world around her constantly changed like she was being moved.
She was in their compound. There was an attack at the front gate. It was a light attack so it was not something she needed to respond to. But then she noticed something in the distance on the ramp leading up to one of the slave ships. A set of foot prints of mud suddenly appeared. Then the attack at the front gate got more intense. She turned around but she felt something was wrong so she glanced back and saw splashes in the mud like something was there.
She threw her feathers forward to hit whatever was invisible. She saw a person appear in the air flailing in surprise. Then the same white armored individual from before that destroyed her mech appeared for a moment as a large bullet flew towards her. It was the same as the ones that crippled her mech.
"Haauggh!" She sucked in a breath of air and shot up as she woke up. She was about to scream in pain as she reached out to her left arm with her right hand but her mouth was suddenly covered as there was suddenly a glove covering her mouth.
She looked at the individual who was covering her mouth. "Sorry Madam Valkyrie, we are hidden in an underground bunker at the moment. But we are trying to avoid making noise because the Vexical Military patrols are too close." The man in medical priest robes explained. After a moment he backed up and stopped covering her mouth.
She looked at her arm and saw that her left arm from the shoulder down had disappeared. "What happened?"
"We got bombed after the slave ships left. The medical corps grabbed who they could. Your arm had been completely blown off but we were able to stop the bleeding. But we need to get back to the empire to fully treat the damage. We have no plan yet, but you are the highest level living officer. So I was hoping you might have an idea." The doctor explained.
She frowned and looked around. The only people that were moving around were doctors and nurses. The rest were laid up in impromptu beds with bandages covering them. This was a complete loss for the Holy Empire. So many had died for their greed.
She closed her eyes and began praying. Hoping to repent.