Domination

[Sphynnx]

The Prowler was on the brink of death. It was engulfed in smoke, and was almost completely immobile. Soon enough, the driver and the gunner of the 100mm cannon were brought to death by the sound of Reaver rockets.

"Damn!" said Hamma. He pulled out his radio. "Armor Squad Alpha down..." he said in a mixture of disappointment and confusion. "I should have known armor wouldn't do that great here. This is Ceryshen after all, hell on earth for ground vehicles."

Currently, the New Conglomerate were pouring out of Hanhau Caverns, bringing along Ancient Technology vehicles and weapons, and to boot, they had a vehicle AND sheild module with them.

"They're heading to Igaluk...the only blue base on the continent. They're coming in huge numbers, this might turn about to be quite a raid," said Marsman in hesitation. "All I can see currently is four Vanguards, all manned, with two Reavers and what appears to be a full Galaxy."

"Shit..." said Hamma. "If they get those modules installed, all hell will break out. We can't have Flails and Routers all around the place...plus, we won't be able to get into the base in ground vehicles."

The North Igaluk Tower, which previously belonged to the New Conglomerate, just turned red. An unknown infiltrator sneaked into it and hacked it.

"Sir, the Igaluk tower is now ours. We have a spawn point." said Lise into his radio.

"Excellent." replied Hamma. "Air squad, move into Igaluk and report to me. Fly in stealth, because if Marsman is right, you guys could be dead in ten seconds flat."

"Sir, yes sir," replied Marsman and Lise in unison. They both spawned a Reaver and headed to Igaluk.

"Ugh..." said Hamma. "I do not like the look of what is starting here...."

[Sphynnx]

Part II: Bigger than we thought

Marmsan and Lise were at boarderline ceiling height. Just about over the Hanhau Geowarp, they are both worried about the raid the New Conglomerate is starting on Ceryshen.

"Sir, we're approaching Igaluk. Status of North Tower, which just recently turned back to the New Conglomerate, is..."

"...Marsman???" asked Hamma in a worried voice.

"I'm taking fire...it's a Skyguard! Shit, I'll be dead in five seconds if I don't get out of here...I'm falling back to the Gate Outpost Air Tower for repairs."

"Shit..." said Hamma. "Sir...this isn't good..."

"What? What's not good?"

"This is the biggest raid I've ever seen. From here I can see 27 Vanguards, all driving together, all manned by a Gunner. Almost every one is accomponied by a Reaver flying overhead, and several Galaxies, maybe seven or eight, in the courtyard...and, to boot, they have the modules installed." said Lise.

"You're kidding me...we need more troops here. Fall back to Nerrivik for now, I'll recall and rally more troops. We need anything we can get." With that, he held out his RD, Recalling Device, pointed it at himself, and before he knew it, he was in hell.

[Sphynnx]

Part III: Anywhere but here...

Hamma almost had a heart attack when he arrived. It was horrible at the Sanctuary...he couldn't call it a Sanctuary anymore...there were blue and yellow Magriders everywhere, with thousands of troops on it.

"...no..."

When the war first started on Auraxis, the Terran Republic Sanctuary was colonized just southwest of Ishundar, in hopes that the New Conglomerate or Vanu Sovereignty wouldn't find it...but it wasn't a secret for long.

"This is horrible...our sanctuary has been...taken over." he said into his radio. Lise and Marsman both gasped. "But...how the hell did they find it?!" asked Marsman.

"I don-"

"HAMMA!"

It was Manitou, leader of Dragon Wolves, accomponied by Ivan. "I see you know what has happened..." said Manitou.

"Not really, sir..." said Hamma.

"The impossible has happened. The New Conglomerate captured Esamir and Amerish, and capturing two of an empire's continents allows them to go into that empire's sanctuary. They invaded the Vanu Sovereignty sanctuary, which was found out to be northeast of Oshur, and captured the Vanu Sovereignty. Now, all the Vanu Sovereignty weapons and vehicles and armor now belongs to the New Conglomerate."

"Shit! I didn't see that they had Ishundar and Forseral!" said Hamma. "Yes, and now it's the Terran Republic verus the New Conglomerate. If we want to maintain peace, our number one priority, we must go to Ishundar. If we capture it back, they'll be cut off from our Sanctuary and all enemies here will be killed instantly."

"Do you think this has anything to do with..."

"I don't know, Hamma. We'll look into that later."

Manitou pressed some buttons on his radio and set it to outfit-global communication. "ATTENTION ALL DRAGON WOLVES MEMBERS: THE SANCTUARY HAS BEEN RAIDED BY THE NEW CONGLOMERATE, NOW EMPOWERED BY THE VANU SOVEREIGNTY. ALL TROOPS, HEAD TO ISHUNDAR. BY CAPTURING JUST ONE BASE ON ISHUNDAR, IT'LL REVERT FROM BEING A NEW CONGLOMERATE CONTINENT AND EVERY ENEMY ON OUR SANCTUARY WILL BE KILLED. EVERYONE REPORT TO THE SOUTH BAAL TOWER. LET PEACE PREVAIL!" With that, Hamma, Manitou and Ivan warped to a nearby air vehicle pad, spawned two Reavers and a Mosquito, and flew to Ishundar, unseen.

[VashTheStamped]

[Sphynnx]

Alright, yeah, I'm putting myself in the story, in an important role, eat me. :P

Part IV: The Flashback

"I can remember it like it was yesterday," said Hamma into his radio, flying in his Reaver alongside Manitou and Ivan.

It was ten years after war broke out on Auraxis. Dragon Wolves had just recently formed, and had about ten members. The small yet skilled outfit's mission was to take over a tower owned by the New Conglomerate, north of Technology Plant Ngaru in Searhus, but outside of it's SOI.

Hamma was leading the air squad. Five Reavers and three Mosquitos. They were all to fly over the tower and hotdrop, then head straight to the Control Console while four members head to the spawn rooms.

Heading from the north, from Technology Plant Karihi, they found a huge structure on the ground. From the topographic position they were in, they couldn't see much, so they thought they'd see what it was on their way back.

They were at the tower. Two members of the New Conglomerate were on the roof. Ivan and Asmodeus took them out. Hamma headed to one door, and Marsman went to the other. They both pulled out they're REKs and started to hack the doors.

About an hour later, they came out of a tower that is now red. They're Reavers were gone now, so they called Sputty, they're gal pilot, to come for pickup. Just a half hour later, he arrived. They all boarded up, and went.

"About one hundred meters north," said Hamma.

"Uh...roger, sir."

With that, they arrived at that structure they saw earlier from their Reavers and Mosquitos. It was very...strange. It wasn't just a pile of sand and rocks. It formed a shape of something resembling an animal...but not one that any of the members could recognize.

The body was long and had paws with long claws. The head looked something like a mixture of a volture and a Sci-fi looking alilen. It had a long charm hanging down from it's neck.

"What the hell..."

"This almost looks like...a sphinx, like from Earth. Only different." said Lise.

"Woah, it has writing on the wall between it's 'paws'" said Sputty.

He walked towards it, and stepped on a tile that pressed into the ground like a button. The giant structure turned his head. In a deep, wise voice, the thing spoke.

"I am the Sphynnx...the god of all vanu's...I forsaw the Terran's arriving upon our sacred grounds, and breaking out into war..."

"....." is all they could all say in unison.

"The war would break out into three mighty empires. One, to fight for freedom and to make Auraxis a free planet for the Terran's...another one to maintain peace, for if they were going to live on this planet forever, they couldn't keep up this war...and the last, mimicking our race, using our ancient technology that long ago we formed."

"The freedom fighters shall engulf the Vanu Sovereignty metropolis into flames, and take them in...the freedom fighters are now a huge and mighty force. The ones who wish for peace would struggle as the Metropolis was taken over, but lo! Peace will always prevail. The Dragon Wolves, the sacred troops, would save Auraxis."

"Uhh...but, 'Sphynnx,' what is the Metropolis?"

"Something that you will find out soon enough. Remember, don't forget your number one goal - maintain peace on this planet. My race has become extinct far before the Terran's arrived on my planet...but, until you depart, you must maintain peace, and the prophocies claim that the Dragon Wolves must do that difficult task."

With that, the Sphynnx turned his stone head back to the front, and continued reading, in silence, a message in the stars that the Terran's have long forgotten...

[Kikinchikin]

ah kool. interesting idea with the sanc raids. I'm not sure how NC got into our sanc since they only got 2 conts, tho. but g00d story so far.

[ViperGTS]

That story rules......

[NewCong. Marine]

Indeed, this story is cool.