Astral stood in the hangar as roughly forty clones came walking up to the two transports along with Jaimie. He handed her a tablet as she read it. "I'm guessing these are clones from your unit on earth?" He waved to them as they stood at attention, shields at their side.
"Yep, trained by me personally, the plan is to just walk straight at them? If we succeed then that means Sacramentum is next right? Guessing you still have the girls on it, correct?" Astral nodded as Jaimie wrapped one arm around him as the other fireteams walked in. They all stood waiting for the rest of the plan.
"These shuttles are outfitted with the best tech possible. They won't make a dent in these. Once we land on our zones we will go down the street directly forward till the roundabout. Once there we meet up and charge at the capitol building." Astral was projecting the hologram from his wrist.
"Once in the capitol building we make the wager and if it is accepted. You all will wait outside the building, while the twins come down to help us out on the inside." Astral looked at the clones. "You will be in charge of setting the pace, link up with each other and give pace to keep us on schedule."
"Fireteam Wolf will be fire support for Jaimie, accompanied by Proto and Omaha, Fireteam Falcon, you are with Airsoft and I. Once we reach the roundabout, it'll be as easy as taking a nap." Astral threw his fist up. "Now who is with me!" He exclaimed as the hanger was filled with a loud cheering roar for their leader.
Boarding the shuttles the two departed at the same time. The planet looked so peaceful as they descended apon it. They became barraged with artillery and surface to air missiles to take them down. Both fireteams panicked and braced for crashing as the shuttles held up. Once they landed Adam sat next to the twins shaking them awake. "Watch and learn how to lead." They jolted awake watching the screen.
Jaimie's team touched down first, emerging from the shuttle there was no one, were they all after the other shuttle. "Everyone, make a break for it!" Jaimie shouted as she knew what was up. The forces started to sprint as four shoulder mounted rockets were fired at the base of the shuttle. Once they got away they homed in on the squad. Jaimie held up Astral's rifle and shot all four rockets out of the air. Their explosions sending the rest of the forces out.
"Formation four!" Jaimie yelled out as the twenty clones formed a diamond with a open back. "Proto, Omaha, focus on any targets high. Wolf, focus on the ground targets. I have our flank. Move at eight miles an hour!" Jaimie gave her orders as they all formed up. They stood no chance against the organization she was able to relay.
Astral's shuttle was a little more dinged as when their door opened Astral tossed up a bubble shield to protect them from incoming fire as they walked out of the shuttle. Hearing the explosions from the nearby street means its time to move. "Form a wall and stack two shields with five gaps." The clones formed up as Astral hovered above them. The fire was redirected at him for a moment.
"Falcon pick a gap and open fire!" Airsoft gave the command as they did what they heard. Downing a wave of the forces in their way. Once they saw the threat they dropped their aim into the shields.
"Close the gaps!" Astral shouted as Airsoft gunned down the flanking forces by himself as Astral chambered a round into his sniper rifle. Aiming and letting loose he dropped the forces in front of him. Landing on the ground as he reloaded the clones looked at him and Airsoft. "Run at a speed of nine miles an hour. Ten and ten, whenever you run into a wave of the enemy. Stack and give holes for Falcon. Got it?"
"Sir, what are you two going to do?" Falcon's team leader asked.
"We need to discuss something, however we will also protect your flank. Focus on going forward." Airsoft explained as the team leader gave the motion to clear out as they got a full block ahead of Astral and Airsoft. "So, you told me you will sum it up for me?"
Astral drew his magnum out and shot a man charging at them. "Yes, now if we will." Astral waved a hand forward as they both started lightly jogging. "Simple way to explain it, you read the reports on the ability we get, each of us have unique ones. Adam is a strategist and sees almost everything while being able to bring things to life through his art." Airsoft gunned down the people behind them as Astral caught the bullets so the stray's didn't hit their team.
"Jaimie has the ability to make anyone fall in love with her, attraction, however it hasn't worked quite as well since she fell in love with me." Astral grabbed the head of someone charging at them and hurled them for miles. "Mine is absorption and a pocket dimension." it clicked for Airsoft.
"So the Sacramentum was after you specifically due to your abilities?" Astral nodded as the two were a mile from the roundabout. "I see, and you gained a mass influx of power unsettling them?"
"Not only that, but I killed two of their leaders, I think. One forsure, the second, I'm not as certain. But it allows me to do more than ever possible even without the use of this." Astral held up a glove as they caught up to their squad. They hit a wall of foes and couldn't get through. "This is an amplifier from the gods after I won their tournament."
"Got it, so you are humanity's savior?" Astral nodded.
"And if I didn't join the tournament, we would all die to someone else rather than me protecting us." Astral hopped up and made it rain magic missiles destroying the wall of troops in front of them.
"That must mean the people in the tournament were strong. I am glad we are on your side." Airsoft had a small smile and laugh as Astral nodded his head. Seeing a wall of fire coming from the path where Jaimie was. "Wait, what is her second ability?" Astral just looked over and smiled as it took a second to click.
Jaimie and her squad were tearing through the masses in front of her as she took the lead. They picked up their pace as Jaimie was the target, being able to evade their fire she marched through them using her spear. Slicing them to bits as they reached the barricade to the roundabout. Slamming her spear down a wall of fire consumed the barricade, turning it to a crisp as the forces seemingly stood down.
"Hey, this is strange, why are they standing down?" Jaimie pointed at them as Astral shot up the green flare. The clones formed up as a wall, and the fireteams kept their aim up. The trio kept their eyes open.
"They want us to enter their trap. But, that trap involves our plan as well." Astral smiled as they all marched up to the capitol door. It opened as Astral and Jaimie rested their hands on the door. The man on the throne laughed as they entered.
"I know exactly what you want." He spoke as they all stared at him.