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The Comm Officer hears the female voice of the KTIC leader and smiles "I was informed that we would be hearing from you if we continued our stubbornness. Also, our new General spoked much about you while he modified the plans. It seems to help him concentrate to talk about someone he admires. Dont get us wrong, we do care about the civilians. At the current rate, alot more civilians will die if we attempt rescure efforts. As you know, these Mafia are well armed and has some military training."

The Comm officer suddenly stops talking. A minute later, he returns "Ah, i think its about time. That was faster then i had expected from a kid who becomes a general for a couple of hours. Your forces, i believe you should have them ready to take out some incoming Mafia. Good luck, ma'am."

"You heard the plan loud and clear from me. If you want anything repeated, it'll be coming from one of these Marines. And i dont think they will use their mouth to repeat anything. So, for your sake... just do what i just said and follow the instructions on these papers and on your map that i made a few change to." Thrie said to the group of Mafia leaders and their followers.

The ring leader was the first to pick up his cell phone and calls his followers. "Good work fellas, plan is going accordingly. Our brothers are breaking the Marines HQ defense line. Leave the civlians and join up with them. Alot of whiskey and beer are waiting for us at the end of the tunnel!"

The Ring Leader hangs up and pass the cell phone to the next Mafia leader. He dails a number and begins to speak "We've caused the Marines to lower their guard with the civilians... Good work you mother ********. Now, ditch the civilians and hit the Marines while they are weak. Then join the rest of the ganstas in the breaking of the Marine HQ defense. I hear that they are weakening and they are about to break like a virgin. Whiskey and wine will be waiting for us! Now go!"

The first mafia leader then pass it on to the next one who makes a call and talks to his followers. This went on till the last Mafia leader makes his command and ends his call. All the Mafia around the city begins to cheer when they recieved a call about coming close to Winning the battle and that the defense line to the Marine HQ is about to be broken. The Mafia groups begin to ditch the civilians and runs out of buildings, shelters, and hiding places to go hit the Marines and the Marine HQ.

"Good work brothers..." Thrie said with a dark smile. "I will see you on the other side of... the 'Tunnel' you so called"

Next thing happened was beyound any of the Marines beliefe. Thrie brings out his MG42 that was slunged over his shoulder. Pulled the cocking handle back and gave the Mafia leaders and their followers an on scene death sentence.

A large group of gansters rushes out of their hiding place and ends up coming face to face with the KTIC military.

The group leader was the first to say something "... oh mother f-" But he was cut off when his group panics and fires their weapon using spray and pray tactic at the KTIC military.

Thrie stood by the broken window watching everything taking place outside. They had clear up the area of Mafia members and aiding their own men.

One of the Marines run up to Thrie and spoke quickly "Sir, the Mafia followers has all lined up in the streets trying to break through the defense line at the HQ. Our Marines are in position just as you had ordered. From our reports, many mafia followers are exposing themselves from their hiding spots, buildings, and shelters. I believe all of them are right where we want them. Sir."

Thrie nods before speaking "When all is in place. Execute our last battle plan. This should end the Mafia uprising here. But, someone was right. The war is far from over. I just have this bad feeling, even when we're so close to the end. By the way, have we gotten the bodies out of that destroyed armor?"

The Marine replies quickly "No sir, the armor's surfaces is still too hot from the fire to touch."

Thrie puts one of his hand up to signal the Marine to stop talking. He then widen his eyes for a moment. "Hey, whats the weather report for today?"

The Marine hesitated for a moment before anwsering "Sunny with a slight bits of cloud. High in the 80s. Right wind with an average of 4mph. Sir..."

Thrie turns around and looks at the fireplace. "That fireplace has been used... In a hot weather like this. As soon as the uprising started, power went out for the majority of the city, including this building. Its too hot to be using a fire place..."

Thrie walks over to the fireplace and pokes around. Someone had used it. Then, a piece of paper that was placed in the fireplace but not burnt entirely was uncovered. Thrie picks it up and reads it.

"This is... i recognize this. Its KTIC comm message protocol. Its all in codes and encryptions. But, theres translations below the codes. Its almost a near perfect translations. I can see a few letters mission but you can make it out what the message says. But... only KTIC has the decryption systems.

Thrie turns to the dead mafia leaders and walks over to them. He searches through them and comes across some papers. He reads over the paper. "This sint right..." he commented

Then he pulls out one of the mafia leaders' ID card and calls HQ. "HQ, run an identity check on this ID code, 2198-BFY-38-78-YH."

The radio officer at HQ replies "Aye, Sir. Running check now. . . . . Check complete. The ID belongs to Henry Boulard. This person died 6 years ago in a accident at the vehicle manufacturing factory."

Thrie drops the card and walks over to the window and curses "I've been lead a fool. Someone planned this uprising in Rasalhague to distract me... or us. Then where is the real Ring Leader or Mastermind? Who are they after? Are KTIC involved? Crisis, there's a spy somewhere. I must warn mein Fuhrer this time."

Many questions ran through Thrie's head as things started making less sense. Meanwhile a Mafia Veteran watched Thrie through his binocular held by one hand and his other hand held a cellphone close to his ear.

The Mafia Veteran reports what has happened to the person on the other end "Yeah. They found the person alrighty. This Thrie b***h made a really good ******** plan and wiped out nearly the entire combined mafia forces here in Rasalhague. . . The bros that were holding civilians hostages? Ah they were lured out of their hiding spots and... uh... some KTIC units were in the area. Some ran into them. Others walked into the valley of death created by the Marines. . . . Yeah, because as soon as our bros took took cover and shot at the HQ's defense lines, Rasalhague Marines on roof tops of the buildings on either side of our bros showed themselves and throw explosives down onto them. It was like an executional ground. No one had the chance to surrender or retreat. . . yes sir, yes sir. I'll get right on it."

The Mafia Veteran hangs up the cell phone and walks away from the window.

The Rasalhague Marines immediately takes position around the area and searches for the source of the attacker.

"Frying low fat turkey!" Thrie commented as he stood up and dusts some concrete particles off his BDU.

He looks over at Shadow and raises an eye brow "....... What the hell?"

Thrie immediately fixes himself "My apology, i just needed to get that out of my system. Its nice to see you again. After that stunt i pulled back in the bar, i strongly believed we wouldnt meet again till the final moment that will decide who would live. Well, if what you said is true, then that is quite disturbing."

Thrie takes a pause and walks over and lean against the side of a Marine's Battle Jeep then he continues on "Hmm... It make some sense that China is involved in this. But that just doesnt add up yet. Even if China, if both side united again, wouldnt have the man power to take on both the KTIC and the Rasalhague. Despite the situation we are at now. Think about it, Mafia uprising using 20th century weapon made by the Russians and China. So we would only guess those two country are the provider for the Mafia, right? But if anyone paid attention, the style of their tactics were military, but not of Russian or China. The style would not even fit for both country. What im saying is... there maybe a thi-"

Another Marine Battle Jeep rolls in and stops next to Thrie. Liake and Riho steps out of the jeep and greets Shadow, Thrie, and the troops from both sides.

Liake steps forward, with a disturbed look on his face, to speak "Im sorry that i did not tell you this earlier but i was in too much of a shock to tell you. China may have some involvement in this but they are not the brain. Russia? Maybe, they're too proud of their mother land and they are doing just fine supplying other country. When i was captured both by the Mafia and then by the Marines, i've overheard many things. You really need to know this, because i think this started about a little more then a month ago. When i was in the hands of the Mafia, i saw them recieve messages from the KTIC. They didnt look at all any surprised, it looks as though they were expecting the message. Then they contacted the Russians by the same mean, with coded messages. Later in the day, China would contact the Mafia. I would only assume Russia had contacted China and now China is coming around back to the Mafia. Then the week before the Mafia uprising, some helped the Mafia contact the someone in the KTIC and sent a massive amounts of message."

"Thats enough... I've heard enough to judge who may be responsible." Thrie cuts in, disturbed at the new information.

"In any chase!" Thrie turns to face Shadow "My people is no one. Im sorry that i left without making things clear. I didnt leave to join some other military and protect innocents. I jsut got caught up in the situation leading me to take the position im at right now. Now that i've done what i need to do here, i should continue on and find my target with the new clues i've heard from everyone. Im sorry, mein Fuhrer, this turned out a way i wished did not happen. I may never be a KTIC again. Well, off to China I go."

Thrie turns around and steps into the Battle Jeep he was lean up against. He cranked up the vehicle and drove it away from the scene.

Liake turns to Shadow and narrows his eyes. "I think you need to keep a better eye on that guy. He has changed since the last time i saw him. He's been acting cold lately. Its like he's not himself anymore. But anyway, one thing that has gotten my suspicion is that, this entire mess started to heat up around the week Thrie arrived here. I've been hearing from the Mafia and then from the Marines that someone 'new' has arrived and the time has come. I didnt know who they meant. Then when i met Thrie and he told the previous General that he came here about a month ago, I sudden realized Thrie maybe that 'new' person they were talking about. I'll stop talking if you wish.... "

The TV showing the commotion between Shadow, Liake, and Thrie turns off. A man sitting in a recliner interlocks his fingers and sighs. "I knew feeding that person, who so called Liake, with various stories would help me out in the future. Well, it worked. They were on my trail pretty good that time. Maybe those nades and RPG was a little over kill..... Naw. Now that they're being distracted and putting their attention towards China, it'll give me some time to do 'my' work... here. Heh heh. Beautiful"

Thrie reads one of the road sign that said the border of China was about a long way off. He looks over at his breifcase and looks at it for a moment. He slows the jeep down and pulls over onto the side of the road. He grabs the breifcase and steps out of the battle jeep. He opens the empty breifcase or seemingly empty. Then he press his hand against both corner of the breifcase and pulls open a cover leading to a secret compartment.

A flat screen monitor comes up and Thrie turns it on. A man wearing a dark blue berret that looks to be in his mid 70s shows up.

The two stayed quiet for a few moments, then Thrie broked the silence "Sir, the plans are all successful. Those men from the Mafia, they shouldnt have died like that. It was somewhat cruel, sir."

The old man replies "Excellent. With that done, we can begin our business in China. This will be harder part of the plan, as it may also involve the Russian. Those motherland loving bastards."

Thrie cuts in quickly as he stared at the Jeep's mirrors "Im afraid our convo will be cut short. Im being followed. I'll contact you on the next full moon. Oh, by the way, i think you fed Liake a little too much info. That was smart though, feeding him the entire Truth which he would blurt out. It would seem as though He was the mastermind behind these disasters. Out."

Thrie closes the briefcase and tosses into the battle jeep. Goes to the front of the jeep and pulls out his pistol. He fires two shots into the engine and then holsters his pistol. He opens the hood and looks at the engine, pretending that the fight earlier had damaged the engine and after driving awhile, the engine finally gave up.

Thrie pokes his head out from behind the hood and watches the Battle Jeep pulls up. He watches Liake hit the ground after being thrown down. Then he looks over at the pen that Shadow placed on the ground and started talking off.

He looks down at Liake and sighs. "He wasnt shouldnt be tagging along. How'd he get hurt this time?"

Thrie walks over to Liake and puts him on his shoulder. Thrie turns around and follows after Shadow. "How certain are you? ... Of China and this whole surprise attack deal? Actrually, nevermind about that. We're in the middle of no-where. Why are you here? Arent I your enemy? Afterall, i left you for some favor of a friend."

Thrie watches the KTCI transport speed away until it disappeared over the horizon. Thrie sets Liake down and pulls out his MG42. He loads a 50 bullet belt and unloads it into the second Battle Jeep that took shadow here. Then he slings his weapon and pulls out a grenade. He pulls the pin and tosses the nade into the driver seat.

Thrie picks up Liake and turns around, walking away from the Battle Jeep. The Jeep goes up in flames behind him. "Rasalhague no longer relates to me." Thrie said to himself as he walks down the road.

"I do not care what goes on in this world. I lived here for far too long and i've seen more miseries then i can bare. We're all humans, as long as we exsist, fighting will never end. Thats why i do not care about anyone anymore." Thrie stood on the sidewalk during a rainy night. His civilian clothing soaked in rain. The town quiet, as everyone has either left the town in fear of the battle drawing nearer to the town.

"Whats your decision!? Is this what you want?" A voice echoes through Thrie's head.

"You claim to be strong! Look at you now! Such weakling living on the face of this planet!" The voice continues on.

"Stand up! Stand up you pathetic excuse of a human being!"

"What have i done? How could i let myself do this!?" Thrie said with tears as he held a young girl against him.

She was wounded badly and was soaked in her own blood. With ehr weak voice, she called out "Dont cry, mister. It was not your fault. I got in the way and came into your life. Im sorry to have troubled you. Please, dont be sad. At least i will be.. gone soon... Tell my mama and papa that... i love... them"

She leans her head up against Thrie's chest, closed her eyes softly and passed away.

"No.... no. What have i done?" Thrie asked himself "She.... I.... This cant be happening! AAARRGH!"

Thrie looks up as watches a Chinese transport helicopter flies over him and lands nearby. He turns slightly and walks over to the helicopter. The soldier salutes him and helps Thrie onboard. Once they settled in, the helicopter took off and heads back for China, after going into stealth mode.

The helicopter Thrie was riding begins to decend from the air. It gets out of stealth mode and makes a soft landing on the ground. The soldier opens the door and Thrie hops out of the helicopter. He lets out a huff when he pre-plans everything to the next step he had to do. Then he lifts up his head and lay eyes on a very large building. Next to the main gate was a sign. The sign said "Nei Ji High School".

"What the hell........!?" Thrie exclaimed. He turns around and looks at the soldier.


The soldier smiles and gave a breif explaination in chinese. "Ah im sorry. We're actraully very busy to take you home. Its not far, but you will have to walk a bit. We are honored to have an exchange student come to our very best high school during the times of war. Please! Enjoy yourself, the students here are very nice. Take care! Study hard!"

The soldier closes the door and the helicopter takes off into the air, going back into stealth mode. It turns and heads toward the hospital.

Thrie turns back around and looks at the high school. ".... What... the hell?..."

The bell begins to ring when the High School has reached the end of its day. The students began to pour out of the school, relieved that the day is over, in school.

Thrie quickly walks over to the main gate and leans up against the wall. "Why am i here? What purpose would i serve here?"

Thrie continues to wonder what he could do at a high school enviroment as he watched the students walk out and scatter all over the place. Then someone caught his attention. A female and male student walking side by side with a laptop under their arm. Thrie watches the two for a moment and then realize whats going on.

"So thats how you want to play the game, figures. Very tough game you got going." Thrie whispered to himself. "Well, fine by me then. Just more work to do."

Thrie pushes himself off the wall and walks through the high school's main gate. He heads over to the office and requests to speak with someone who would be able to help him submit an admission to join this school.

"Oh! Dont worry about that. That's already been done. I thought you knew about your admission that was rushed in two days ago. Anyway, heres your uniform. Enjoy your studying in our beloved high school!" The secretary said as she handed Thrie his uniform, wrapped in plastic, and smiles.

"Uh, thank you?" Thrie said nervously as he took his uniform. He turns around and walks out of the high school. "...... what the hell?"