Crystalline Universe: Team Fortress 2 Overwatch - Volume 3: Crystalline Universe: Bloodline's Curse Chapter 67 I.d.d. Impiccato Disegnato Diviso In Quattro Part 1
Sniper’s helmet shined across the war room thank to the little amount of light illuminating the place. The admirals and generals’ faces were grumpy but their minds were trembling with thought of death due to the current situation of the war. The atmosphere was more than grim and wicked, the men inside the room could feel Sniper’s frustration and Mozzatello’s readiness to drag anyone to the execution stand.
The 15th army admiral nervously pulled his collar to let the boiling heat inside his uniform escape while the 15th army general anxiously wiped the sweat off his red bald head.
[XX-generaladmiral Valentine] – “The current situation, my lord, need to be settled back to normal as soon as we humanly can because it can cause us to straight-up lose the war. ”
[Sniper] (in an unsettling voice) – “Statistics, I need to see a detailed report of our current situation. ”
Despite the clearly scared regards of the army officers around him, that plead for him to lie about as much as he could to Sniper about the current condition of the Liberaforza (Talon’s main army’s name that means liberation force. It does not include the Armato-XX), Valentine pointed his finger on the world map in front of Sniper.
XX 4th army general Schmitt suddenly felt the urge to panic as Valentine would surely not show mercy on his part.
[Valentine] – “The human loss in the operation cold ice by general Schmitt of the 4th XX army on Finland’s front is 234 980 men to the Overwatch’s 98 740 loss. The operation failed and was withdrawn three days ago. ”
Sniper angerly smashed his fist on the map in front of him and then glanced menacingly at Schmitt with eyes that meant death.
[Valentine] – “As for the Liberaforza, supreme leader, the loss goes around 1 127 834 death and 569 400 injured and we lost up to 50km after Moscow of land due to an Overwatch offensive. 3 and a half armies of our 53 armies have been annihilated in this disastrous operation. ”
The screen below Sniper’s fist slowly cracked as Sniper’s anger boiled so hard inside his chest that his crystals became instinctively active.
[Sniper] (in rage) – “For the sake of god… I… ”
A shot was suddenly fired inside the room; the admiral of the 15th fleet just committed suicide in front of everyone.
As Sniper was just about to resume his speech, another shot was fired; this time, the general of the 15th army pulled the trigger on XX 4th army general Schmitt before firing the gun upon himself.
The rest of the men rapidly raised up from their seats, pulled their pistol out of their pocket and fearlessly aimed the weapons at themselves.
[Air force Marshal Donald] – “We are ready to pull the trigger in your command, my lord, those who you consider have failed you shall fearlessly pay for their failure. ”
After seeing the situation, Sniper’s mood suddenly made a 360-degree turn from rage to satisfaction.
[Sniper] (in a satisfying face) – “Why sacrifice such brave and loyal men and women? This is something our enemy doesn’t have; the will to accomplish our destiny! That’s why we will win this war! This is a mere small defeat as tomorrow, they will pay with 10 of them for every 1 of us they’ve killed. This is the resolve I’m looking for, this is the army that fights for justice and not greed! ”
The men around Sniper gradually lowered their weapons as Sniper kept on going with his inspiring speech.
[Sniper] – “The Liberaforza had the best general and admiral this earth could offer, the XX has the most courageous and battle-harden commander to ever be born. This world has seen 4 world wars and this is enough, after our triumph, there will never be any more war, peace shall outlast humanity. All hail the empire! ”
[Valentine] – “All hail the empire! ”
The officers soon followed by raising their arms in front of them and forming an x with their two arms.
[All the officers in the room] – “All hail the empire! ”
Emotions filled the men and women with courage and determination with moral so high that they forgot all the pain endured during the past few years.
Good people will fight for a noble cause. In contrast to all the dictators in human history before him, Sniper is the first unselfish dictator that put peace and justice in front of all other principles.
To the people, he’s a saviour, to the criminals, he’s their biggest menace but to those who personally know the truth, it’s only a matter of time before the empire establishes a truly unbreakable tyranny to the entire world with bad or destructive intentions.
*Roumania, Team passion knights’ hideout warehouse
IDD stepped inside the warehouse through the front door without fear or worry. His mechanical body shined with a silver light while his icosahedron head reflected the sunlight. He’s is officially known as the first droid crystal user and despite his small reputation, his status as a Divine Servant shall not be underlooked.
Karson and Mergiann were surprised by the sudden intrusion of this mysterious figure inside their secret hideout.
[Mergiann, in a whisper] – “He seems familiar, I’ve seen him somewhere. ”
[Karson, in a whisper] – “It’s surely Azur’s fault again, she must have left her trace behind her missions again. ”
[Mergiann] – “No, that’s improbable, Azur’s personality changed to a whole new different level since we last met her. She’s clearly not the type to make these kinds of mistakes again. ”
[Karson] – “Her? Not making mistakes? You must be bloody joking! ”
[Mergiann] – “It’s true! She’s so serious now, you won’t even believe it! ”
[IDD] (in a calm manner) – “This won’t take long, executioner Karson and Mergiann… if you cooperate of course! ”
Karson slipped down from the aircraft wing and stood in front of the DS (divine servant) class executioner.
[Karson] – “I’m all at ears, just tell me what you need. ”
IDD smirked delightfully to the young man’s courage to stand up to him with such overconfidence.
[IDD] – “Right, brave young man, we’ll make this quick then. ”
[Karson] – “What are your questions, mister supreme executioner? ”
[IDD] – “Tell me where is Mike Mundy! ”
The words slipped across his ears like two sharp blades, as Karson stood frozen and with a face shocked to hear the droid’s question.
[IDD] (in a grim voice) – “I said where is Mike G. Mundy, young traitor! ”
Karson couldn’t believe his ears; what he heard from the man made his face go pale.
[Karson] – “Ooooh… Mike… Yeah… that guy… Um… Listen, I,… ”
[IDD] – “Where is he? ”
A silence was installed between the two men as Karson couldn’t find any brilliant lie to spit. Face with no choice, Karson suddenly launched a punch toward the droid. The DS executioner dodged the punch with a speed that Karson couldn’t even react and before he could do anything, IDD grabbed him by the tie and launched him inside a bunch of rusty rubbles.
[IDD] – “Why do you people have to make it so complicated? It could have been done quickly and efficiently if you just turn that criminal in! ”
As IDD approached, Karson moved, behind his back, his fingers to form a set of secret hand signs.
[Karson] (in anger) – “He ain’t no criminal, you cubic ass mutt that’s about to become a piece of bloody cheese! ”
Karson raised up from the rubble with an automatic rifle and unloaded a wave of bullets toward IDD. The executioner, without the slightest concern for the shots fired at him, stood where he is and activated his crystals.
[IDD] – “Pay for your insolence and time to wash that dirty mouth of yours! ”
Before the bullets could reach him, all of them suddenly frozen mid-air and returned accordingly back inside the rifle, where they refilled the gun’s magazine. In the meantime, Karson’s body and the weapon did every of their action backward with Karson unwillingly moving his body back down inside the rubbles and the gun returning to its original state.
The crystals on IDD’s hand were shaped like a set of rewind buttons. Karson jumped up to try to attack IDD with a direct energy punch but he along with his attack rewound back to their initial position.
[IDD] – “I’ll have to deal with you later, that girl of yours seems to have escaped. ”
[Karson] (in anger) – “Don’t you dare touch her! ”
In an instant, with 2 kicks, IDD knocked Karson out and rapidly attached him on a pillar.
[IDD] (in disappointment) – “I’m just wasting my time with you low levelled mobs. ”
IDD quickly walked out of the warehouse in search of Mergiann. Meanwhile, Mergiann exited from a sewer cap and ran down the street below with her computer.
[Mergiann] – “Come on! Answer me, Azur, come on! ”
The call was soon answered by Azur who sat relaxingly by her bed while painting her wall using her crystals.
[Azur, in an annoyed face] – ” *Sigh* What is it? I’m busy. ”
[Mergiann, while running] – ” *Cough* Verdammt, Azur! There is an enemy, he got Karson! ”
[Azur] (in a frustrated voice) – “If you guys were so good at dealing with your damn problems why do you need me to help you? ”
Mergiann hastily made a turn toward another street and kept on running as far away as possible from the warehouse.
[Mergiann] (in a furious voice) – “You don’t understand! That guy is nothing we encountered before! He’s a Divine Servant class executioner, the most powerful class of executioner in the whole association! ”
Azur stood up and stared closely at the screen at Mergiann in the eyes and put on her mask around her mouth and nose.
[Azur] – “Look, why don’t you set off a few bombs and wait for some magic to happen? I have more important stuff to do than saving your asses! ”
[Mergiann] – “Look, we are sorry for what happened last time, I… ”
Azur merciless spray painted her communication device in purple and walked away without a word.
Suddenly, by looking around her, Mergiann realized that she’s moving backward toward IDD.
Before she could do anything, she felt a sharp pain on her head and faded into darkness.
As Azur closed the light inside her chamber, the paint glowed in a fluorescent light in the dark. Suddenly, Divine Maiden appeared inside the room in a voluptuous dress and slowly walked toward Azur before putting her ankle on her shoulder.
[DM] – “Wow! Did you make all of this? That’s freaking incredible! ”
[Azur] – “I have time to waste but I guess the party cannot wait. ”
[DM] – “Oh, right! You’re right, I guess I’ll have to admire this later, we are almost late for the party. ”
[Azur] – “Let’s make it roll… ”
Both of them suddenly appeared at the party filled with masked strangers of all sorts. The disco light dazzled the room and rock music rumbled the dance floor.
But before all, the two marched toward the bar and ordered a few c.o.c.ktails. While Azur is finishing her drink, Divine Maiden approached Azur’s ear with her sensible lips and breathed a hot breath of air.
[DM] – “Hey, girl, look over there! There is a bunch of handsome young men searching for a dance partner, how about we go and have some fun? ”
[Azur] – “No, I would rather wait for them to come and get me. ”
[DM] – “Oh… you are going to do your little stoic act again? ”
[Azur] – “Rather make them the ones being afraid of being denied the permission to lick our boot than make us the s.l.u.tty girl with an ass to submit. ”
[DM] (intrigued) – “Ooh… Azur… never knew you would be the type to dominate rather than submit. ”
[Azur] – “I’ll be the guys’ blue misery. ”
A guy suddenly appeared beside the pair and politely sat beside Azur.
[guy] – “May I offer you ladies a drink? ”
*Inside the warehouse
Mergiann slept unconsciously attached back to back with Karson on a pillar before being soaked in a bucket of ice-cold water. IDD grabbed her by the hair and pulled her head toward him.
[IDD] (in a grim voice) – “Now… we can start the interrogation. ”
Mergiann’s livid eyes stared powerlessly at IDD who cruelly pulled her toward a set of torture devices.
To be continued… Next Chapter: [I.D.D. (Impiccato, disegnato, diviso in quattro) (part 2)]
*EXTRA
Talon’s Liberaforza or in English, the liberation force, is the association’s main military’s designation. The size of the Liberaforza is a total of 53 armies for a total of 15,9 million soldiers.
Besides the Liberaforza, Liberaforza-ingranaggio is the general name for the mechanized Liberaforza infantry counting a total of 1102 divisions of tanks for a total of 224 808 tanks.
Since Sniper wants the soldiers to know that they are not fighting for an empire but for their country, every soldier wears their country’s flag on the right side of their Stahlhelm looking helmet.
Due to the look of their uniforms and helmet, a common joke made by the people that support Talon is that the Nazis were coming back from the dead to fight for good instead of evil.
After Crystalline universe: Bloodline’s curse, I will consider making a story that focuses more on the war itself called: Crystalline universe: Battlefront.
