– Rooftop, Site-17 - 9:47 AM –
All members of Queen's Requiem, except for Miranda, Donna and Angie, were on the rooftop of Site-17 with V-22 Ospreys hovering overhead, preparing to descend upon them and transport them to their designated locations where the damage by the dark aether and the Reich forces was the worst.
Moreover, each V-22 Ospreys had various groups of Mobile Task Force units such as Tau-51, codenamed "Urban Brawl". Delta-13, codenamed "The Dragons". Xi-13, codenamed "Sequere Nos". And Delta-4, nicknamed "Minutemen".
Miguel and Rip were in their advanced MTF armor which was luckily covering up their entire body, thus preventing the sun from harming them but should the armor shatter or have any gaps the sunlight could inflict them fatalities
Turning around to face his team with his armor on, Rodeo spoke out, "All right ladies and gentlemen, this is how we will split our teams. Me, Michelle, Evan, Krieg, the Dimitrescu daughters, and Robert will be heading for New York since Site-28 there is under threat and we may receive assistance from Mobile Task Force Pi-1, "City Slickers" to deal with the enemy there."
Turning to face the others, he continued, "Spy, Moreau, Nikolai, McQueen, Jeff, Finn, you six head for France and try to reach Site-06-3 in the Lorraine region and back up the people there. Once that is done, head for Paris and stop the damage by the enemy since they are more active there. Alcina, Karl, Jacob, Miguel and Carlos will head for London to minimize the damage, support the MTF stationed there and try to make contact with Site-44 in Essex if possible. Rip, Zorin, Lawrence, Green, Carson, Ramsey, Johnson and Simmons will head for California in two different Ospreys in an attempt to Site-15 and stop the enemy advances. Whether you go for both at the same time or one thing at time it's completely up to you. Any questions?"
None of them spoke.
"Good. Now let's move out!"
The team soon divided into separate groups and boarded the V-22 Ospreys, which lifted off and carried them to their respective destinations. The Osprey that is heading for France has attached some cables on McQueen to facilitate his easy transportation.
"Not how I wanted but I'll bear it." McQueen remarked.
Jones watched as the Ospreys took off and flew up across the sky until they were no longer in his sight.
"Godspeed, Queen's Requiem."
Then Jones went back into the site. Unbeknownst to the ones residing in Site-17 and even to Jones, two separate groups each with their own interests were heading towards the site as they live and breathe.
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– In the Forests of Ireland - 2:10 PM –
In the forests of Ireland, Goblin Slayer, the one who had become the Stand Hierophant Green was heading towards the sound of the explosions he heard a little while ago after he dealt with the zombie horde he quickly dispatched.
The Goblin Slayer much like the rest of the others who have become Stands were also sent here to the Scp world along with his armor and gear since he had them on him before he got transported here. He had been in this forest as long as you would say Rodeo had first arrived. And over those months, he had wandered this massive forest with no luck finding a way out but he had gotten an idea on its layout and navigation to some degree but he had still not gotten any contact with civilization or if he had been lucky, the Foundation.
Since the beginning, he is already aware that this wasn't his world or at least region given that there is only one moon whenever the night sky would show.
'I have no clue where I am still in the days or months I've been here, but... those undead earlier were similar yet different, unlike the ones I heard in stories.' Goblin Slayer contemplated himself, and soon broke his thoughts when he noticed an edge of a cliff at least twenty meters away from him.
Approaching the cliff and standing in front of it, he looked down to see a forty feet drop. Not only that, he even spotted a dirt road, where he saw a Reich AAV tank parked in the middle of it and it seemed like Reich soldiers were repairing some of the tank's tires, not noticing Slayer since they were too preoccupied with their maintenance.
'A wagon... composed of some sort of black material and steel?' Goblin Slayer gripped the bridge of his helmet's chin and pondered.
He was from a dark fantasy world where vehicles like the AAV tank don't exist, therefore he had zero clue what it really was so these were his first thoughts but he was also getting some very bad vibes from the Reich soldiers still doing maintenance on the tank.
'Those men... They are wearing very unusual armor which is not something I've seen before, and yet, this feeling... like they are not to be trusted.' Goblin Slayer concluded in his thoughts, a frown form in his face hidden beneath his knight helmet.
Indeed, he had every right to feel like they were bad people, I mean they are Nazis he is looking at after all.
Deciding to do something, Goblin Slayer takes a minute to scan his surroundings before spotting a path that leads down and in the direction of the tank... stealthily.
As the Reich soldiers finally got the tires fixed on the tank, they both nodded to each other and entered the tank to start its engines.
Goblin Slayer, who was hiding behind a bush quickly but quietly approached the tank's rear and got underneath it before clinging on to the belly of the AAV tank as it started driving down the road while the Slayer who was underneath the tank kept holding on to its belly. His plan was to first find out the intentions of these people who he sensed had some bad aura and while he could try to ask them where he was, he's not taking any chances with them at the slightest so for now information gathering and stealth were his approach.
'Interesting, this steel wagon doesn't require a horse or any other beast to move it. Just what kind of world am I in?' He wondered that question in his thoughts.
Now you might be thinking, can't he just hide in the tank's interior using Hierophant Green's rope morphing ability given that he had become the Stand itself? The explanation is rather straightforward: he doesn't know how to because of his zero knowledge of Stands, especially the one he became.
Sure maybe he can figure those abilities out by accident as well but he wouldn't know how to use them precisely like it's original user Kakyoin had since he was a child and was well-versed and experienced in using Stands, so unless he finds someone who can teach him the ways of activating and using the Stand he had become, he will have to depend on his Goblin Slaying skills and current gear to survive.
"I wonder where this wagon is heading though."
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On the outskirts of the forest hovering hundreds of feet above the ground was a class-A Zeppelin. The AAV tank can be seen driving out of the forest and approaching the airship shortly after it touches down. The right side of the zeppelin deployed a ramp and the AAV tank drove up off it to reach inside through a large shutter door. The shutter doors later closes and the ramp pulls itself back into the zeppelin as it begins flying back into the air.
Inside the class-A Zeppelin, the same AAV tank parked itself next to other vehicles that the Reich had stored in this airship and given the fact the class-A zeppelin was humongous from the exterior it was also very large and spacious from within, thus it had no trouble carrying large amount of vehicles and soldiers.
The Reich soldiers exit the AAV tank, followed by Goblin Slayer who was still underneath the tank. As he peered over the edge, he noticed some engineers were making their way toward the AAV tank he was beneath. Reacting quickly, he hides behind the tank rather than staying underneath it and quickly scans his surroundings for a way to exit the vehicle storage area before spotting something on a wall... a vent.
"Hmm…"
Thinking thoroughly, he slips into the vent without the engineers knowing. Fortunately, the vent was big and wide enough for him and his armor to crawl inside but he decided to crawl slowly and deliberately through the vents in order to avoid drawing attention to himself by making as little noise as possible.
'Everything here is made out of steel. Not a single piece of wood or brick is being used, just who are these people?' He wondered in his thoughts and couldn't help but be in amazement by this.
He had too many questions roaming in his head all of which he can't get answers at the moment. With a sigh, he continues crawling down the vents. The ventilation system was expensive and stretched to every part of the class-A Zepellin to provide better airflow and air circulation to the aircraft given it needed to be in higher altitudes in the air constantly especially during times of war.
Anyways Goblin Slayer continues on crawling down the vents until he comes across a vent gate. He opened the vent gate a little bit, not fully, and what he found was a chamber with a Reich commander (The Wolfenstein 2 version to be exact) and a Mangler discussing to each other while examining several maps that were arranged on a table. Fortunately, neither of them was aware of Goblin Slayer's presence in the vents.
"So our soldiers have already gained control of these areas, ja?" The Reich commander asked.
"Da. Our invasion is going smoothly but we are still facing combatants that bear this logo." The Mangler stated as he placed a bloodstained badge bearing the Scp foundation's insignia.
The Reich commander inspected the badge with curiosity, "Hmmm... Never seen it before. Where did you get this?" he asked.
"Ripped it off from one of them in an outpost of some sort, before my Mangler comrades cut them in half."
"Excellent. The less of them they are, the less problems we have."
"Although their weapons are... a bit more formidable when compared to yours," said the Mangler, "They even utilized some non-scientific force that hold us off longer than this world's military, which means the organization we are facing are supernatural in nature."
"It won't matter. As long as our machines, highly damaging weaponry and sheer numbers are on our side along with the new pawns that the Forsaken recruited from other universes, we will get our victory and vanquish our enemies!"
"And execute them?"
The Commander let out a wicked grin, "Oh definitely. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
Remaining in the vents, Goblin Slayer had listened to the entire conversation and given their personalities he now knew for sure that they cannot be trusted, which also further validated his earlier concerns that he had been receiving negative vibes from the Reich soldiers before.
As he watched the two depart the room leaving the maps on the table, Goblin Slayer emerged from the vents through the vent gate and examined the maps which appeared to be highly detailed. There was a problem, though, most if not all of the names of places inscribed on the maps and papers were written in German.
"Hmm…"
But he could at least make out from the maps and papers that these lands were not similar to the ones on his world, only confirming his suspicions that he was in a completely different world.
'I see now, but judging from the markings on these, they seem to be positions or areas where they might have set their troops at. Are they at war?'
At that moment, he heard footsteps coming from outside of the room's door, so he hurriedly set everything back in their proper places and returned to the vents.
Seconds after Goblin Slayer had entered the vents, a Reich soldier came into the room and took a second to scan the area before setting his eyes on the maps and documents on the table and heaving a deep sigh. This is the fifth time that the commander once again neglected to pick up crucial items which he had a habit of doing.
Goblin Slayer, who was in the vents, watched the Reich soldier pick up the maps and documents and walk out of the chamber.
"Just what is going on? In the time I've been in that forest nothing major happened, and now this. Something big is happening in this world that I'm in and with this new body that I have no clue of which creature belongs to... I'll have to continue gathering more information about them."
With this in mind, he continued crawling down the vents.