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"Recording log..."

"Week 1"
"Wednesday"
"0210 hrs."
"Bandit Cave."
"Gargan Forest"

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As Harvey and his group separated to clear each room and pathway inside the cave, FOXTROT 03  and FOXTROT 04 found a green tent in the furthest area of the cave. They carefully approach the tent with rifles drawn.

"Careful on your right, four..." FOXTROT 03 whispered. Approaching the closed entrance of the tent, they position themselves on both sides. With a nod from FOXTROT 04, he opens the entrance for FOXTROT 03 on the left side. FOXTROT 03 enters the tent with a cloud of dust seeping behind him. He carefully checks the dark area with his NODs and only sees a cage containing a woman with silver hair and rugged clothes, hiding behind a sheet of cloth and a piece of glass shard in her hands. She is looking at him with a little hostility and asks him a question.

" Wh-Who are you?....."

FOXTROT 03 presses his comms button on his vest to report the sighting.

"FOXTROT Actual, FOXTROT Three. I got one over here.". At the same time, FOXTROT 04 enters the tent and also sees the woman inside the cage.

"Another captive, huh..." FOXTROT 04 said to himself as he lowers his rifle and checks the cage. On their comms, Harvey contacts back to them.

"Roger that, three. Round your captives outside and let's see if we can get these gals out of here." Harvey whispered on the transmission.

"Copy." FOXTROT 03 acknowledged. He then approaches the cage while FOXTROT 04 goes outside for security. The silver-haired woman warns FOXTROT 03 and points her glass shard toward him.

"Do-Don't come any closer!"

FOXTROT 03 flinches for a while and stops at the opening of the cage as she sees the silver-haired woman being aggressive.

"Hey. Take it easy. We're getting you all out of here." he said as he begins unlocking the chains with a nearby hammer.

"Wha-What if, I don't comply with you?" the woman asked with hostility. As the cloud of dust begins to settle, it reveals the full appearance of FOXTROT 03. The strange dark-green and bulky clothing, and rifle that slung at his chest. The woman's question makes FOXTROT 03 look at her. Upon seeing the glowing lenses of his NODs, the silver-haired woman was taken aback and feels a menacing aura and cold stare coming from FOXTROT 03.

"If you don't? Well, we can just leave you here. Not a problem." FOXTROT 03 replied. Although he isn't serious and was lying. He just wants to make sure that the woman will comply even if it needs to scare her. Feeling their strong presence, the woman drops her glass shard and cloth sheet.

"What's your name by the way?" FOXTROT 03 asked her while working with the chains.

"M-My name is Felicia. Felicia C. Rodburg." she replied.

"I see." FOXTROT 03 stood up and drops the hammer. He grabs his rifle and warns the woman to stand back.

"Felicia, stand back for a while and cover your ears." 

Felicia covers her both ears and watches FOXTROT 03 shoots the chains with his rifle.

*bang!* *bang!* *bang!*

The chains broke and split in half, unlocking the cage. Felicia is startled by his unique rifle and looks at it with intrigue. FOXTROT 03 opens the cage and lets Felicia come with him outside the cave. As Felicia stands up, FOXTROT 03 is surprised that her height is almost the same as his of 180cm( 5'10 foot ).

"Oh? You are tall. I didn't expect that. You look small inside the cage." he complimented.

"We-Well. I need to make myself appear weak and small to surprise my enemy." Felicia replied as he follows FOXTROT 03 outside. With the two exits out of the tent, FOXTROT 04 looks at them after securing the surrounding areas.

"FOXTROT Actual and the others are finished gathering up intel and captives. We're RTB and- " FOXTROT 04 stopped as he looks behind FOXTROT 03 and sees Felicia.

"Whoa. You're tall. You look kinda small in that cage."

"Heh. That's what I also said." FOXTROT 03 followed. Felicia awkwardly chuckles and follows FOXTROT 03 outside the cave, with FOXTROT 04 tagging behind her. Along the way, Felicia is shocked by the many bandit corpses on the ground. She can't believe that all of them are dead in a short amount of time.

"D-Did you people killed all of them?" she nervously asked the two. 

"Erh, yeah. We did. Gave them a shock as we enter." FOXTROT 03 replied. Approaching the exit of the cave, Felicia hears strange thumps outside. After passing through corpses out of the exit, the three finally link up with the others. In the area near them, they can see the FOXTROT Operators tending to the other captured prisoners with first-aids. Although they are of different kind of races, their overall appearance is human-like and their injuries are almost the same due to the bandits. So the operators can easily send them off.

"If you're feeling something strange, you can go ahead to them to have you checked up. Alright?" FOXTROT 04 said to Felicia as they group her together with the other prisoners.

"Tha-thank you." Felicia replied back. FOXTROT 03 and 04 leave her to rendezvous with FOXTROT Actual on the other side of the hill. In the background, she can hear the same thumps roaring in the dark sky and wonders what are those about. As she waits together with the other prisoners, an operator hands out towels and sandwiches that came from the kitchen inside the cave. Felicia covers herself with the sheet and takes one sandwich, while the operator distributes a couple more sandwiches to the other prisoners. Felicia looks around and was disappointed as she didn't find any of her fellow companions. It is safe to say that they were all now but dead. She bows down for a moment and silently cries.

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Half an hour has passed, and the operators are now finished tending up to the rescued prisoners.

"FOXTROT Actual, this is FOXTROT Five. We're done with the first aid. Over." FOXTROT 05 radioed.

"Good. Rendezvous with me on the other side of the hill with the females. How copy?" 

"Roger. We're oscar-mike. Out."

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"ALRIGHT LISTEN UP! WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU ALL OUT OF HERE! FOLLOW US WITH THE OPERATORS! IF UNABLE TO STAND NOR WALK, ASK THE OPERATORS FOR HELP!" FOXTROT 05 shouted. All of the operators in the area help the female slaves to walk and some were carried. Felicia also helped some of the other injured slaves to walk as they march around the hill. In the dark horizon, the thumps are becoming louder and louder. Some of the slaves cover their ears and anxiously look around to find the cause of the thumping noises. As they approach the back of the hill, the surrounding trees and grass begin to sway because of the wind gush coming from the two helicopters hovering above an open field. All of the slaves look at the two helicopters with awe and astound. 

"WH-WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE ARE THESE?" Felicia shouted to herself while covering her eyes with her arm due to the wind gush.

"DON'T WORRY FELLAS! THEY ARE OUR VEHICLE!" the operators replied back as they escort the female slaves to the LZ. 

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Meanwhile in the cockpit of the Chinook...

Its pilots are now slowly descending the Chinook on the open field. Its Second Crew Chief by the open ramp look down below to help the pilot know their level to the ground.

"THIRTY!......TWENTY!.....TEN FEET!.....AND TOUCH DOWN!" the crew chief signaled with hands. The Chinook finally lands and Harvey with two FOXTROT Operators greets them. 

"ALRIGHT! ALL ELEMENTS! WE'RE MOVING OUT!" Harvey ordered the rest waiting on the LZ. One by one, the operators help and escort the female slaves and the injured inside the Chinook. Some of them are very anxious and very uneasy boarding the said helicopter. Nonetheless, they follow the orders of the operators.

Upon seeing Felicia, Harvey gets curious about her because she seems to be cleaner and has no injuries.

"Hm. This woman must've been an important person to the bandits to have her not get dirtied..." Harvey thought to himself. 

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After a couple more minutes, all of the female slaves are positioned inside the Chinook. Some were lying on stretchers due to their injuries. The last to enter is Harvey and he stands firmly with the second crew chief by the open ramp.

"ALL ELEMENTS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR WITH ADDITIONAL ELEVEN FEMALE SUBJECTS! WE'RE R-T-B!" Harvey on the transmission.

"Roger dodger. This is HAWSEND One. Wheels-up, Cathedral en route." the pilot of the Chinook followed.

"REAPER One, also R-T-B. Heading bearing at one-five-five." the pilot of the Cobra also followed on the transmission.

"Roger, one-five-five. HAWKSEND One."

The Chinook ascends up to the night sky tagging behind the Cobra. The female slaves feel the vehicle lifting on the ground and are surprised to see that they are now flying.

"I-IS THIS SOME SORT OF MAGIC?!" one of them shouted.

"WHOA! WE'RE FLYING!"

Felicia also is looking out of a window and sees the Cobra flying together with them. She is very confused about what these things are. With a sense of safety now enveloping inside the Chinook, Felicia suddenly gets sleepy and falls asleep despite the loud rotors of the helicopters are making, but gradually lessens as she gets to sleep.

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Moments later, Felicia wakes up and notices something different. She is now inside a pure black empty void. 

"He-HELLO?! HELLO?!" she shouted as she walks around the void. Seconds later, two figures facing back at her, appear in the distance. She immediately recognizes the two figures and approaches them.

"MOM! [ERROR! Male.Name.Not.Found.]! What are you two doing here?!" she asked with worry. But when suddenly, the two turn their faces on her, revealing that their faces are also empty and hollow. This makes Felicia scared and steps back. 

 "Mom? [ERROR! Male.Name.Not.Found.]?" she asked. The two figures slowly approach Felicia while trying to grab her with their hands.

"FELICIAAAA!" the two figures screamed with a demonic tone towards her. Felicia gets very frightened and runs away. But as she turns back, the two appear near her. She tries to escape, but the two keeps on appearing and approaching her. With no way out, she back out into an invisible corner and sits down as the two slowly reach their hands and grab her.

 "WHY DID YOU LEAVE US, FELICIA!" 

"I-I'M SORRY! I'M TRULY SORRY!" Felicia began to cry. Then suddenly, a bright ray of light appears above her. The two figures look up above and began to cry and shout in agony because of the ray of light. Seconds later, they got evaporated and vanished into thin air. Felicia looks up and sees an angel slowly descending. When the angel lands near her, Felicia looks at the angel with awe. The angel is a beautiful blonde-haired woman in red robes, resembling the angel from the U.S. Pararescue Jumper insignia. She kneels down in front of her in gratitude.

"TH-THANK YOU, O' HOLY ANGEL!"

The beautiful angel smiles and puts her left hand on Felicia's shoulder.

"Are you alright, my child?" the angel asked and smiled at her.

'YE-YES! I'm alright now! Th-thank you!" Felicia replied.

"I see. We are E-T-A five mikes out. So be ready." the angel strangely said to her. Felicia looks up to the angel in wonder but then, she suddenly wakes up in real life, and an operator grabs her by her shoulder replacing the beautiful angel in her dreams.

"ARE YOU ALRIGHT? YOU ARE SWEATING QUITE A LOT! " the operator checked up with Felicia. She is indeed sweating a lot and the operator hands out a towel. Felicia grabs the towel and wipes her face.

"THANK YOU! I'M ALRIGHT NOW!" she thanked the operator. The operator goes back to his position near the open ramp, leaving Felicia in confusion. She remembered her dream earlier and thinks about it for some time.

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Moments later, both two helicopters arrive at the Cathedral. The area is now more widespread due to the units from the Baker Company cutting off trees in the surrounding proximity. The Chinook lands first at the back area of the Cathedral. 

"Hawk has landed. Progressing holding pattern at two-hundred." the pilot of the Cobra on the transmission. Harvey and the rest exit out of the Chinook, helping the female slaves along the way. Some of the Able Units help the female slaves inside the Cathedral with further medication and treatments. Observing from behind a window, the trio - Isabella, Glenn, and Herman, was looking at Harvey and the arriving new people. They are surprised that they managed to rescue the slaves from the bandit encampment.

"Wo-woah! They really did it! They are really a hard bunch of people! Hahahaha!" Herman complimented them.

"It seems so. I and the other hunters before can only observe them from a distance. And yet, they make it look seem easy rescuing all those slaves." Isabella added. Glenn meanwhile clenches his fist while observing Harvey and the operators with determination, thinking that he still has a long way to go before he can achieve becoming strong and powerful like them.

Inside the Cathedral, the operators and the units help the female slaves inside the living room which has become the medic room of the building. The peasants that were sleeping there were awakened by the loud thumps of the helicopters and the commotion outside. They are surprised to see different races of female slaves enter the living room. Most of them are injured so they make their way and also help the female slaves rest on their bed sheets. The trio also helps them set up their sheets and medical supplies. Some injuries are severe and require intensive surgery and treatment. Harvey follows inside by bringing more medical supplies and equipment needed for surgeries. The FOXTROT Operators, modeled by Harvey himself by the same SOF group where he once trained back in his own world - being a Pararescuemen, also specialize in medical operations. So Harvey and the FOXTROT Operators do their part of their job. Modern surgical operations were now being conducted by him and his operators on the injured female slaves. Good thing that there were only four of them that needed surgery, so the other operators can help the other slaves. Screams of the injured slaves echo inside covered makeshift cubicles as Harvey and his operators treat them.

While the trio and the peasants stand outside of the room, some of the units from Able Company prepare their room on the other side of the hall. Glenn, who is just watching outside, approaches an operator that is treating the injured feet of a feline-race woman.

"I-Is there anything I can help with?" 

Isabella and Herman facepalm themselves and the operator looks behind him and sees Glenn.

"Oh. It's that dude again. Great..." the operator thought to himself. Isabella and Herman grab Glenn and apologize to the operator. Outside of the room, they scold Glenn silently.

"Hey, are you serious, Glenn?" Isabella whispered.

"There is a correct time for this. No need to be so impatient, bud! Just leave it to Harvey and the experts. Okay?" Herman followed. Glenn disappointingly oblige as they continue to observe the operators inside the medic room.

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Meanwhile, as Fruchiel is resting above a balcony, two tall beautiful angels appear in front, dwarfing her. 

"So, you two finally make an appearance, huh?-" Fruchiel casually said to the two angles.

"-Rafael, the Angel of Health and Prosperity..." Fruchiel said to the blonde-haired angel with red robes.

"-and Racquel, Angel of Justice and Equity." Fruchiel, to the other angel with black hair and blue robes.

"Oh my. Looks like you still haven't completely regained your true form. It feels strange to see you in a child-like appearance. Fufu." Racquel said to Fruchiel.

"Hey! I at least look like an eighteen-year-old in human years!" Fruchiel frustratedly shouted back.

"Now now. Enough with all that. We've come here because I received news from above that one of my "soldiers" is reincarnated here. I think his name is "Harvey Johanson" if I'm not mistaken." Rafael joined in.

"You mean that man in the forest earlier? I kind of helped his people to fend off their enemies while I was touring the forest. Looks like bandits of some sort." Racquel, remembering the events of the Jackal and the bandits' confrontation.

"Wait. So Harvey is one of your children, Rafael? Well, the angel in his former military insignia back in his world sure looks familiar." Fruchiel to Rafael.

"It's something like that and more complicated. But that's not important. Secondly, is that why you changed your name?" Rafael replied.

Fruchiel was taken aback by her second question and stared at Rafael intently. 

 

 

 

"...Angel of Magic and Incantation - Razhiel " Rafael asked with a serious tone, as they remember "Fruchiel's"  true majestic form of also a tall beautiful silver-haired angel in silver robes.

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Soul Energy :

[ Level 1 ]

 

Soul Count :

[ 59 ] 

+ 36 Bandits

 

Spawn Count:

[ 140 ]

= 80 Infantry Units

= 50 Special Forces 

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UPCOMING NEXT CHAPTER:

Chapter 13 - The Quality of Reason