Astral stood on the other side of the barrier as the five of them walked around and looked at everything. The city is spaced out and all of the people inside the barrier spaced out across all of it. The five of them stood at attention as Astral had a gut feeling something was off, very off.
"Wasn't the gods who said they had their plan in motion, zero members of the seventeen showed up?" Astral spoke as he signaled for them to stop. The four others looked around as a white portal formed behind Astral, it wasn't his as someone charged at him and tackled him into it as it closed instantly.
"ASTRAL!" Jaimie reached her hand out to catch him as it was too late. He vanished into thin air as everyone inside the city heard the scream. "We need to move east, now!" Jaimie grabbed the three of them and Mach jumped as the area became a maelstrom of fire and lightning.
"All forces on the planet. Once those bastards land, full aggression! Make it fucking HURT!" Jaimie sent the message as the four of them moved around the edge of the barrier to stay away from the powerhouse mages until Astral was back.
Proto, Omaha and Airsoft were at where the first ship landed and started to engage with open fury, the clone rifle support and heavy weapons was more than enough to keep them safe. "If she gave the command, Astral is in danger, let's give the girl a break. Zane"
"What's going on we have reports across all fronts that all engagements on the ground are going too well." Zane looked over as his clones were fighting well across the frontlines.
"Astral is MIA, fuck them up and use the aggression!" Airsoft threw a punch so hard he liquified a Tizzle as he pulled his rifle up and opened fire on the Imperial marines and Apparazza charging at them.
"SHIT!" Zane turned to his men as he pulled up both shotguns. "Charge these ugly fucks! KILL THEM ALL!" Zane was the first one to sprint by as the clone forces next to him charged forward with him and killed the unit that was there and already landed. More dropships started coming down as Zane pointed at them.
"Artillery mechs, full power. Zone three thirty five!" Zane spoke as rounds were fired from the backline as the dropships were getting blown out of the air. 'Just have to hope the others can hold out for as long as possible.' Zane looked to the stars as they all were being thoroughly invaded now, each moon had ten ships deploying to the surface as the planet was double that.
The Dogpound with Zeta were on the frontline as the message was never sent to them. They held their ground at wave one, having a bad case of deja vu and PTSD from the first time they were told to hold the line. "Report, Astral is MIA, instructions are to go all out, push the offensive." Zeta heard the report as the chaingun appeared in the left arm as the right arm held his rifle.
"Autopilot engaged." Carolina was taken aback as Zeta charged into their staging area of the enemies and slaughtered them all with a hailstorm of bullets. Each one ripping apart the coalition of Apparazza, Tizzle, Imperial marines, Independent robots and mercenary mechs.
The Dogpound caught up to Zeta as he was surrounded by a pool of red on the ground. "Oh no." Nevada was quiet as more started coming. Zeta didn't stop firing. They watched the one man army slaughter over a full carriers worth of troops while the ground forces watched in horror. He went on a rampage as these pests took away his creator.
"We can't control him, he is a danger to us and the others surrounding us!" Wash spoke to Indy, waving his hand and dismissed it.
"I get it, and we should be worried for our teammate who is inside of Zeta, but at the same time, that robot just lost its dad." Indy spoke calmly as he unloaded a magazine from his machine gun into a crashed dropship as the Imperial marines failed to crawl out.
"So we just leave him to become a menace?" Minn yelled at Indy.
"No, you support it. ZETA!" Indy shouted as the weapons on the mech were red hot. "Take a second and breathe, you have every right to feel emotional. But don't endanger others just to satisfy your bloodlust." Zeta's screen cleared to show a smile then a thumbs up as he gave back control to Carolina as he operated his mounted weapons at full power.
"See, that's why he is the leader." Hawaii got a chuckle as the forces became more and more apparent in the atmosphere, they were ready as the Dogpound with their supporting forces matched the level of aggression Zeta showed to cheer the mech on.
The Polemistis army was leaderless as Alice tried her best to keep them together, their front was slipping as they started to sustain losses slowly. "We need someone to show us the way!" Alice yelled through the comms channels as Airsoft pulled his head up.
"You two, keep the aggression up, in thirty minutes, fall back to the original defense line and replenish arms and rest till the next wave is ready." Airsoft took off in the direction of the Polemistis forces. Activating his suits boosters and causing a mini mach jump as he came in guns blazing on the frontlines. "Follow me!" Airsoft shouted as he gunned down the front line.
"Use your size and strength to your advantage, get close and use the fixed melee parts of your weapons." Airsoft shouted as rockets flied out of his suit and took out two mechs as flares launched up and stunned the next wave of troops as the Polemistis warriors pushed back to the original front line. "DO NOT GIVE UP, FIGHT TO THE LAST FIBER!" Airsoft pulled out his second pistol as he gunned down the different Tizzle headhunters hidden in the crowd.
A jetpack wielding trooper hovered above them and fired a sniper round at Airsoft as it bounced off his outer armor. Airsoft fired his tether and wrapped his arms in it as he pulls down the trooper and sliced the jetpack open with his knife as it explodes instantly.
The shrapnel filled Airsoft's right arm as he winced in pain. The flesh of his arm exposed to all to see as he kept firing at the invading forces with his pistol as he waved his hand and it became Astral's magnum. The sight of it scared several of the invaders as his arm felt numb, painless, and cold.
Opening fire with the magnum he could only hope that Astral is doing well in whatever situation he is captured in. "All fronts report!" Jaimie yelled through the comms as they were in a skyscraper away from the other combatants.
"Dogpound reporting, we have pushed back their initial wave and Zeta is more than aggressive in the attack." Nevada reported in for them as their line was holding well.
"Proto and Omaha are killing every single thing that moves on our front." one of the clone captains echoed through the comms system as Jaimie took a breath easing her state of mind.
"Same thing on our end, Zane took his personal unit and they are holding the frontline with our support." A second clone captain echoed what was said before.
"Airsoft is leading our front, but he his hurt bad on his right side, a bounty hunter from the Independents flew in and Airsoft sliced the jetpack open with his knife, blew the right side up. Just his arm is damaged and he is still fighting for us." Alice gave the report, hearing Airsoft was hurt was not a good sign of things to come.