"Sir, we have a civilian here that claims to know whats going on", a small man pops from behind the men.
"Castilla, it's an honor!" he starts, "Those aren't our men! I just saw what they did over the ledge of my building, they're getting into their mind!" Castilla puffs. "Look at them, they aren't human any more, not psychologically at-least!" he pauses. Castilla seems unconvinced at this mans statement. Yet Rafael seemed convinced.
"We must find a way to push them through, even if they are still Yolkian, they are shooting at us, and they do know we're Yolki."he was looking for a responce from Castilla.
"We will sorround their position, listen here, everybody. Sevallos, you will push around the village and push from the south. I will talk with Zilian and express your abservations." he began walking with the Fortuan scouts that had caught up with them, with their help Castilla and his men got to their camps, his militia men were directed to the battle lines as he entered Zilians tent. "Listen, we have reason to believe that those men have been shifted towards the enemy. our men are still with you." he had recovered a city map and had placed it in the table, after some speculative drawing they planned their defence and attack.
Ana Maria can now see Castilla village in the distance, smoke and the smell of death fill the air. "Chaps, we're here to secure our foothold in our own country, remember the gods and the fallen" the men still hear her last speech in their ears but the impact has slightly worn away. Rafael's men see them from the distance, he aims at her head and asks for her to prove that she's in his side. "I cant hear you!" she shouts at the top of her lungs, both of them had been together in Sonrrisitas whilst the civil war raged as they weren't of age to fight.
"Listen," he said coming closer, lowering slowly his rifle. "we have Marines and some twisted Yolki."
"Traitors?"
"mind-fucked" he corrected her. "we have orders from Castilla to push through the city, we are the flanking force. i didn't expect so many reinforcements..."
"How many did you expect?" she questioned him.
"None"
"I can leave if you don't need me, you know, march back to Tigrillo and -
"Ja. ja. ja" his eyes expressed zero joy "Funny" he looked back at the village, we can do full sized attacks through the entire city edge"
"Lets do that, Alright men, Castilla village will fall and these aliens shall bend to the Republic's might!" the men cheered, soon they had assumed the positions, light artillery took advantage of the slopes and gave the introduction to the fighters in the city, the distungushable sound of the Yolki artillery filled the air. The border was tenderized as shrapnel shell after the other teared down the structures, the men were given the order as they began pushing through the lines, the marines faught bravley and held their lines in a stalemate but the Yolki had their general fighting ext to them, thus giving them the extra morale to push, yet, the marines cared not for the generals and fought to the last man, a small force pincered them against the reinforcing armies. The walkers moved to intercept...
As Castilla saw them move away he ordered the attack, as the Yolki lept the trenches alone the Fortuan forces looked missplaced. When Castilla ran after his men to catch up a feeling of uselessness invaded them. Castilla's men crashed against the marines who were trying to shuffle against the reinforcing force catching them by surprise, the bayonets made work of the marines but pushing it through the armour requiered more strenght than usual. non the less, being sorrounded the marines couldn't do much, the walkers were sorrounded and small grenade launchers, Lichi-lakes, peppered them from all the angles. the eastern section of the city had been compleatley liberated, yet the western sector had consolidated and was now capable of denfending itself. The Yolki-Fortuan front gathered and planned a scheme to fight against the hunters who turned into the hunted.
