Hiroshima Backup Governmental Building, Hiroshima, Honshu, JI
Rokukawa stares at the papers, her eye twitching. "Y-you're kidding me..." She reads the reasons why she was evacuated from Kyoto, despair and confusion blossoming in her heart. Her mind, which had been foggy for the last couple days from multiple reasons, one of them stress, is much closer to breaking. She took a sip of her tea, trying to relax, but these days, for her, nothing helped anymore. "No wonder Yumiko was so happy to leave office…" A messenger brought in a new paper, more news from Kyoto. She sighed, wondering what bad news it was this time. "Just read it to me, I don't want to read it." The messenger looked at her, confused, but followed her orders. "After searching by the AJI and Austrian forces in Kyoto, we have confirmed that the Diet was destroyed, with one member surviving, an 'Aki Akimoto,' the senator from Okinawa." He took a breath, "It should be noted that Akane Naito has been taken into custody as she was the person that is suspected to have brought the bomb to the Speaker." She winced as she heard the name of the Head Diplomat. "But she'd nev-" The messenger interrupted her. "Her fingerprints were found on the bomb's remains."
She dismisses the messenger and does paperwork for an hour, taking no note of the crowd starting to form outside the building. Eventually, she hears helicopters fly over and stands up to look outside for them but is taken aback when she sees the crowd of protesters and their Yakuza leaders that stirred them up. "What the?" She looked to the docks, where a JIN cruiser was in for resupply, also besieged by protesters. Two Hiroshima SWAT officers came in, with the higher ranked one telling her that they have to evacuate again. She frowns at them, "Can't we just call in some AJI forces?" The SWAT officers look at each other. "Ma'am, this protesting and open rebellion in some areas isn't limited to Kyoto and Hiroshima provinces, it's across the nations, the AJI are besieged in their bases in some areas, especially the nonarmored division bases." Rokukawa's heart beats faster. "What about the other branches of the JIAF?" They give her a look. "The JIA and JIMC aren't exactly the forces used against protesters and Yakuza." Her voice becomes more desperate, "Surely there's SOMETHING we can do, RIGHT? We can… we can…" She looked at the cruiser, which JIN sailors had cast off from the dock, splashing a couple people attempting to board. "We can use the JIN." The SWAT stare at each other. "We can use the same strategy as the JIN is in New Eden." Their stares turned to horrified glances. "We can just use CIWS pfft, we don't need to make our military take losses, we can just" They turn to each other while she continues her crazed rant. The lower ranked one whispered to her superior "She's gone mad hasn't she…" He nods.
The radios of both of them suddenly start going wild as the protesters rushed the barricades, overwhelming the SWAT and reserve members from the 122nd reserve brigade. As protesters and the Yakuza among them open fire (The Yakuza had handed out assorted pistols and rifles to the crowds), the Law Enforcement and military personnel had no choice but to fire on their own citizens they swore to protect. Eventually, the building was overrun, with Matsuda himself entering the building. "Ah ah ah, Yukari, you can't just escape from the Yakuza after what you said." He winks, obviously filled with pleasure, "The National Diet is gone, and soon, so will you." He sits in Rokukawa's chair with a grandiose sense of self pride. "I have fallen the Japanese government, and once I strike fear into the JIAF, even the military will follow me." The female SWAT officer, who had played dead to escape the rounding up and massacre of the JIAF and Law Enforcement members that had defended the HBGB, watched this fearfully, knowing that Rokukawa couldn't do anything. She watched her Prime Minister stare at Matsuda, blank eyed. He walked up to Rokukawa and slapped her across the face. "Did you hear me?" Rokukawa just stared at him, and he kicked her. "RESPOND TO ME YOU lmaoh" Rokukawa laid on her side on the floor. He grabbed the nuclear codes box from her desk. "Thanks." He stormed out of the room with his Yakuza, leaving the broken minded Rokukawa and the terrified SWAT officer in the trashed room.
The Air, Over Hiroshima, Japanese Isles
I looked over the city, where I see fierce battling, the helicopters flying to an airbase close to the Naval Port in the area. I clutch my head, feeling the injuries I got in Kyoto. "Ow..."
"Told ya doc's a bit sketchy." I roll my eyes, "Yes, I knew that, thankfully, I'll recover." We fly over the Hiroshima Backup Governmental Building, I point it out to my Austrian friend, "That's the HBGB, JI's third or fourth most important building."
"Looks depressing." I look at him surprised, "What does?"
"The building. Big concrete block." I laugh at him, not wrong... "We didn't go with anything fancy, because we were sure in a full out war it'd be targeted after our actual governmental buildings, but you know... We'd expect to be able to use it to get a head count then get out of there into a bunker or something." I'm interrupted by someone I know yelling something in the helicopte- Wait what the heck is Diplomat Naito doing in handcuffs? "I'M INNOCENT, please... I didn't know." Me and her eyes meet, "Akimoto... you believe me right!?" I back up, confused. "Huh?"
"This'll be a fun ride" My Austrian friend says, leaning back. "I... I was tricked, some guy handed me the suitcase." She looked around desperately, "I'm loyal to JI, why would I help the Yakuza!?" I resolved to stay quiet. "Ma'am, at the moment you are considered and enemy combatant and a PoW. I'm sorry to say but your options are a bit limited." I watched Naito sigh and sit down. I looked at Paul's expression, focusing on it more than I usually do with people, I noticed he looked quite a bit smug. I walked over to him and whispered, "She's out of your league, Paul." I winked at him, probably reading his situation wrong. Paul suddenly looked less relaxed and blushed a little. "C'mon, I saved your life twice and you do me like that?" I smirked, "So I guessed it right? I do have to say, her hair style is fine, too bad she could possibly be executed for involuntary manslaughter" I felt more somber. "Never too late for anyone." I nod, looking at Naito's prone figure. "She's tough." My voice lowered considerably, "I'm sure she's innocent."
"That's out of our hands Akimoto. We can't do much." I blink, "I've been calling you by your first name, so you can call me by mine. But I don't know about the plot here, I think this thing is well planned out"
"I won't hold you responsible for anything you do. I'm here to protect you and guard her." HOLY- alarms on the helicopter started going off after a missile hit the Austrian helicopter to the left of us. I watch the wreak slowly fall, hitting an apartment building. I wince and get to a seat. Ozaki is praying in the seat next to me, "God save me, this is why I'm scared of helicopter flights..." I give her a reassuring smile, but it probably just looked forced. I yelp/scream as I hear another explosion and see that a JI SAsC-16 had deployed flares to dodge the missiles. I yell at Paul, "What are we being attacked by!?"
"Jets it looks like. Oi Pilot! Flare button is the big red glowing one!" I watch the pilot roll his eyes and pull an evasive maneuver instead, breaking the lock on us. It -oh god- also gave the passengers a few Gs of force. I'm pretty sure my face is green. I hear multiple explosions, watching a JI fighter fly by. Whoa... [-Fighter 1 to MedEvac and Echos 2 and 3 you ok?]
[Yes, Fighter 1, we copy, we lost Eagle 2 though]
[Damn, I'll take their place with Cherry Blossom Warrior]
That pilot.. she's a lmaoing ace! I think we are in good hands. "Paul, did you hear the radio?
"Nah, I usually turn that off to avoid command telling me how useless I am." I sigh, "The Cherry Blossom Warrior Ace is escorting us" I make a small squeal, "I kind of fan girl over her... Is that ok?"
"I won't judge. National heros are always something good. Boost moral." I chuckle, "I heard Naito once saved her eee in the last civil war- Did you use all the morphine?"
'Mayhaps" I lean over and smack him in the face, "Get a grip, Paul, focus" I sigh, "Painkillers are no joke"
I watch him pull up his sleeves revealing several deep cuts and bullet wounds. "After you got yourself knocked out, we got some unfriendly visitors. I also pulled a family out of a car wreck. The mother was the one you saw me operate on when you woke up. I've been trying to keep the adrenaline kick going for as long as possible, so I feel the painkillers are justified." I winced, ouch. "Sorry" I look out the window in time to see the fighter jet get rammed by a drone and fly into our helicopter. "GUYS-"
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