The Place where the Heavens break.....

[scarypuppy]

as beast and defender alike fell before eachother in the cold embrace of death, a break in the clouds above let a bright beam of red light surge through to the ground, but as it impacted the ground, it spread like no other light....as if it were liquid. the Beasts, ferocious one second, became docile the next, halting their assault even as the desperate defenders continued their firing. as the screams and roars died down, a faint coo could be heard through the chaos, a feminine voice, calling out to the monsters, and to this, the beasts retreated, leaving their victims stunned and confused, the light that had played through a moment ago retreating as well.....

"And thus.....The silence overtook them."

[Arke]

He guns the throttle on the jeep, wondering why he didn't grab an assault rifle at least. He passes another abandoned watch tower when the telltale shriek of artillery shells split the relative quiet. Halfway through the first volley a shell strikes near enough to flip his jeep, trapping him underneath. Slowly, dazed, he crawls under the back where he might get some protection from the creatures. He grabs his radio and hits the talk button. "This is Marksman Bowman of Yerko watchtower four. I'm stranded in one of the hot zones under a flipped jeep. I'm pretty sure I'm safe for now, but I don't want to be out here too long. Can any units near sector two assist, over?" His voice wavered, and was mostly covered by the sound of the shells and creatures running past. Under the jeep, he could not see the beam of light.

[scarypuppy]

an ominous silence overtook the devastated portions of the city, as well as the outposts, survivors crawling out of their defences, looking at the destruction wrought by the monsters. just as the quiet seemed to reach it's high point, the video monitors on the city's mainframe came to life, a silhouetted  face appearing, draped in a veil, "Anthros.....you beleive this world to be yours for your pleasure?" she cackled slightly, her laugh almost alien, "dont revel in your "Victory" for too long.....I shall return.....and when I do.....Pray to your Heathen Gods that I make it quick and painless..... ehe'sh Nufulr Fuur!" (Translation: Forgotten children of Eden.)

[Somebody]

Guns rattled until a large red light erupted from the sky. Then what could only be described as a otherworldly moment of silence as creature and fur alike ceased to attack. Soldiers all stopped firing, both terrified and in awe of what was happening. Before they knew it the creatures had disappeared.

Tezztor holstered his gun and walked outside back torward the operations building. "What in the name of furs everywhere jusst happened? I need status reports on the double. I want ammo resupplied to all troops and patrols to search and all clear the town, and I need thiss all yesterday soldierss!" he barked as he made his way to the control room. "Mayor I need you to get on the TV, as of right now there is a lockdown of the town as of now. Citizens are to remain at home."

As he walked into the control room the main power came back on. A buzzing of computers and equipment sang together in harmony as if paying tribute to their survival of the night. Scientists scrambled back and forth carrying data on the night before. This was just the beggining

[scarypuppy]

Time: the Next Day
Event: Festival by more rural inhabitatants.
Reason for distress signal: Soldiers going through a patrol (and looking to score some Liquor from locals) discovered the town torn apart, few survivors remaining.

The town was in shambles, limbs strewn about like some sick type of decoration. all that was known, from the few survivors, was that a woman had walked through the town, and brought the beasts with her. she had left a small transmission disk, that played out the message, "Dance, dance, dance with me, spin into oblivion, call, call call, for me and hope im still listening." As far as the soldiers could relate it...it was a challenge.

[Arke]

Arke lays huddled under his jeep, not liking the silence one bit. He had spent the night lying in the dirt because he couldn't force the doors open. His radio had died around midnight, and now he struck the side of his vehicle every so often with his otherwise useless communication device. Of course, this was only after he had shouted himself hoarse.

[scarypuppy]

*Gunna give Bowman a little help ;

a rescue crew made their way through the wreckage, stabbing the rotting corpses of the beasts along the way, they heard a slight clanging noise from an overturned jeep and rushed to it, soon helping it's occupant escape.

[Somebody]

The morning light shone through the plastic covering that were the military's excuse for windows in the tents. Tezztor opened his eyes while giving off a groan that only gave proof of the general's fustration. He had hoped it to only be a bad dream but he knew it to be real. A voice rung through the radio on the table next to him. "Sir we found a surviver from tower four, he was trapped under a jeep sir." the soldier said. He groaned, not wanting to start the day but forcively he picked up the radio and replied, "Hear you loud and clear, bring him to the operations center, he may have info given his experiances last night, over" He tossed the radio back to the table and got up and stretched, deciding to not wear his officer uniform today but rather more appropriate combat attire, as a second battle seemed inevitable.

[scarypuppy]

the crisp morning air annoyed more than calmed the troops helping to rebuild the city, new, less permanent defences were in place, helping return some sence of security for the inhabitants.

[Arke]

((Thanks for the assist))

Arke approaches the ops center, his bolt action rifle replaced with an M-14 and P-90 from the unfortunate abundance of extra weapons. Given the previous nights events, his casual demeanor with a superior officer was permissible, at least in his eyes. "You wanted to see me, sir?" His hands sweated on the small sub machinegun, his mind telling him that he was going to be court martialed for abandoning his post.

[Somebody]

Tezztor eyed the soldier before replying, "So it iss you who called on the radio asking for reinforcements. Judging by the fact the reinforcementss were killed, and you were found far from the outpost, I'm gonna assume you abandoned your post before they even got there. I got to assk you what value exactly do you put on life? That they died comming to aid one who did not even wait for them." Tezztor shifted himself, hands behind his back keeping watch on the soldier's movements. This was not really the reason he had asked to see the soldier but in the events that happened he needed to get a grasp of where his soldier's minds where.

[Arke]

He looks down at his gun, unable to bring himself to look at the commander. "I... I tried to tell them... There were just so many..." He thought he had told the reinforcements to fall back while he was hot wiring the jeep, but could he just be telling himself that? Even if he had told them, could they have heard him through the chatter? Gods, he should have done something else. Should have stayed put and died. Should never have called for reinforcements. His eyes start to water, and he doesn't trust himself to speak.

[scarypuppy]

A solemn faced soldier walks into the tent, saluting crisply, "sir, this message just came in, Uhuros just fell, all military and civilian forces...are MIA, most likely KIA, a reclamation force is heading there now, would you like to accompany them?"

[scarypuppy]

*Im headin out for the day, have fun, leave me plenty to work with tomorrow.

oh, and dont suddenly capture some important thinger, alright?
be within reason.

[Somebody]

Tezztor nodded at the soldier. "I'll be out shortly" he said and turned his gaze back to the soldiers from tower 4. "Compose yourself soldier. Regardless of the moral situation ssurounding your decision, it was probably the right one. Outposts everywhere were outrun and as you just heard, uhuros as well. If not for the withdrawl of the invading force we to might of fallen. Your comming with me, I want to hear the details of last night from power out to how you got stuck under a jeep. BTW what is your name soldier, you sseem to have lost your name patch." Tezztor walked out of the tend to the jeep, waiting for the soldier to come.