The lights flicker as another explosion shakes the dimly lit bunker. The crowded room is mostly silent, save the occasional sobbing. A few Brotherhood soldiers patrol the edges to protect the civilians and watch for any signs of trouble on orders from Ringleader, but some turn on their charges on orders from another. The doppelgangers fire upon the true knights as their forms shift and swell within their power armor. Other doppelgangers and vampires among the crowd drop their disguises and join the slaughter as people panic and flee, save a single ignored teenager whose eyes are glued to his cellphone. ~~~ Gorlok watches this in horror. "This was not the plan!" He looks across the monitors, the eye in the sky, the fighting along the wall, the great monstrosity rising above the forest, and he feels that compulsion to serve but he resists with all his will and turns to the Flesh Sculpter with a rifle in hand. Before he can raise it, the Flesh Sculpter grabs him, claws and tendrils wrapping around his body, beginning to absorb him into its form. With a final roar of defiance, Gorlok pulls a pin from an incendiary grenade on his belt and the room is engulfed in flames. [b][u]Temple of Bernthal - City Center[/b][/u] From the steeple, Backseat can see the whole city. His rifle scope also helps. He scans the battle as his radio buzzes with chatter. He watches Liam and Titan ride through the enemy lines to the west, then loop around to charge again. He watches the Sea Elf ships firing into the enemy from the east. He watches Tigers fighting on the River Gate wall and he fires a few shots to cover him. Tigers salutes him, then runs out of sight. He watches the beam in the distance and notices an enormous red eye move into the eclipse. He grabs his radio, "Attention all channels, this is your friendly eye in the sky here to inform you of the larger, probably less friendly eye in the sky. I think it just winked at me. That is all." He watches a group of civilians flee their bunker, "Hey Til? Theres a problem down the road." "We heard," comes the reply, "Loot and I are heading that way now. Cobalt has the gate handled." He watches Loot and Tilman running for the bunker. Another pulse from the beam hits on schedule and his radio falls silent. He counts the seconds and it returns to life after eleven. A second and a half longer than the last pulse. He watches civilians attacking one of Cobalts mechs. 'What the hell?" He watches more destroying the gate controls to the north. "Shit!" He reaches for his radio, but is paralyzed with fear as something massive rises from the forest. Then something heavy hits the back of his head and the world goes dark. [u][b]Hoths Bar[/u][/b] "The walls have fallen," red lights fill the holo of the city as Cobalt reports, "Hostile forces within the city. Titan units down 56%. Large organic mass approaching. Attempting to power Jaeger...failure. Recommend evacuation." Scylla grips her Sending Stone and calls her fleet to the docks as Dr. False observes images of the approaching monster, "It appears to be a mass of bodies, fleshy tendrils, and...buildings? Neat!" He then spins on his heel and walks towards the doors. "Where you goin?" Scylla calls. False turns to her with a wicked grin, "To collect some samples and assert my dominance." [b][u]Beyond the Walls[/b][/u] "Get up! We need to move!" A Mandalorian shouts, offering his hand. Titan takes it and rises to his feet, his head pounding and hazy. A fleshy tendril yanks the man out of his hand and up to the monster looming over them. The man screams as more tendrils wrap around him, melding with his body, then he joins with the thousands of other gibbering mouths. Titan surveys the chaos around him. The monster stomps into the battle with its nine thick legs, picking up corpses and chunks of land to absorb into its form. He notices the undead have begun warping, stretching, growing new limbs, and even fusing with eachother. He also notices a few stray bolts and the sound of blasters not far from him. Another tendril swings for him and he dodges, then fights his way through the chaos. He finally finds what is left of his men joined with Liam and his troopers holding position around a mostly intact Laati. "Titan!" Liam shouts, "We need to hold here until the next pulse, then we can take off!" Titan says nothing and simply joins the fight. A few are lost either to the tendrils above or the nightmares around them until there are less than a dozen. Finally, the pulse hits them. They recover and Titan runs to the controls to prep for take off, but the engine remains silent. [b][u]The City[/b][/u] Loot and Tilman arrive at the bunker entrance in an alley to find nothing but bodies. A pulse passes over them and the bodies begin convulsing, then their heads all simultaneously turn to them and scream. More screams come from the bunker and Loot is already sealing the bunker door as Tilman burns the bodies around them. "So that's new..." Loot kicks one of the charred bodies, "Now what?" Tilman peaks down the street and sees a group of Wights and Golems approaching. Loot feels a tap on his shoulder and yelps, then spins to find it's just Backseat. "Sorry," he whispers, "Follow me." Loot raises his rifle, "Nah man, you might be one of those face stealers!" "Why would I be trying to lure you away from the bad guys then?!" Backseat loudly whispers. Their conversation is interrupted by the sounds of heavy gunfire and footsteps. A large shape blocks out the light in the alley and they see a Legion unit. It waves at the trio and says, "Come with me if you want to live. Tigers told me to say that." Backseat runs out and hugs its leg and the other two exit the alley to find a group of survivors that includes Tigers and Scylla. "The city is lost," Tigers explains, "They came from all sides, and from within. Some of the men I'd fought along side suddenly became monsters..." Scylla lays a hand on his shoulder, "My fleets at the docks. We'll save everyone we can." She looks up to the mech, "Don't think we got room for you though, big guy. Sorry." The Legion is silent and its lights dim, "Oh shit, I'm sorry! Please come back!" Then the ground shakes and they hear alarms in the distance as a massive shadow rises. From speakers through the city, Cobalt announces, "Cobalt Spectre online. Please clear the runway." The building sized mech takes two steps forward that shakes the ground beneath them, then begins dashing towards the distant battle. The Legion unit powers back up and turns to Scylla, "You must retreat. A large enemy force is approaching. This unit will hold them here." It turns and begins spinning the barrels of its gun. As they run, they hear more screams and gunfire that continues for a few minutes, then there is a brief moment of silence followed by a large explosion. [b][u]Beyond the Walls[/b][/u] In the distance, Liam watches a new wave of horrors coming from the city. Shards of bone begin to rain around them, some as long as a man, as the the new wave washes around them. "What fresh hell is this?" Liam asks no one in particular, and a voice responds from within the chaos. "Greetings, gentlemen!" Dr. False casually strolls out of the carnage, "Lovely day for a stroll, yes?" Before anyone can respond, Cobalt Spectre sprints over the city walls, unleashing a barrage of missiles into the mass of flesh, and a thousand voices scream in pain above them. Cobalt Spectre then swings a massive chain sword into the monsters form, splitting it open, and fires a shoulder mounted rail gun down its exposed center. Titan finally gets the dropship to start and everyone rushes onboard. False waves as they take off and the horde closes in around him. Then it begins to rise and the bodies fall away as an enormous red serpent with hundreds of eyes and mouths across the length of its body slams into the monster from below. Cobalt Spectre puts its sword on its back and grabs one of the monsters legs as the serpent begins to coil around it and together they flip it onto its back. The monster flails its legs at Cobalt Spectre and rips one of the mechs arms off. Cobalt Spectre responds by grabbing its sword and swinging it overhead to severe two legs. Then, the sky lights up and a deafening roar shakes the earth...