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Assault

We flew over to Japan, A-46 Ospreys, a new type of aircraft specifically developed for transporting Mechs across the world. The Aircraft could hold up to 20 Archangels, about 50 A-46 Ospreys flew along to support the battle against the Kaiju's.

"Remember, once you hit the target zone, don't forget that these things are capable of dodging the rounds you fire. Think it as if you're trying to hit down an aircraft, measure your targets, predict their movements or else you'll be dead before you even hit the drop zone!" said Sergeant Ryder.

Everyone stayed composed and calm, maybe a little nervous and shaky but this was something we couldn't afford to lose. We've trained for this, learn the way they act so that they didn't have a chance against us. A thing humans possess no other species on earth can overcome, was intelligence. 

"5 minutes into the drop zone!" said Sergeant Ryder.

Alright, we're almost there, just stay calm.

"What's wrong recruit? You look like you're about to shit your pants." It was the same blonde lady I saw last week liberty. 

"Nothing, Lance Corporal" I replied.

Lance Corporal Miller has been on 3 deployments, and has seen combat 1 time. It was said that she was the most elite in her old unit, but she had also lost so many friends. They used to say she smiled all the time as well, but when the fight came along, she became a different person.

"Alright, dropping in 5, 4, 3-" Just before Sergeant Ryder could finish his countdown, our craft was hit.

"Drop! Drop! Drop!" Sergeant shouted.

Everyone was frozen as first, but one by one we dropped, I was still a little shaken. 

"Well, what are you waiting for, get the fuck out of the craft!" Sergeant Ryder said before getting out himself. 

As I dropped, I saw Rincon getting hit with some kind of projectile, almost like a needle but thicker in the center. 

It would strike the lower part of his mech, and the left side of his Archangels armpit. Immediately causing damage to Rincon's Mech, and I could do was watch him fall into the sea.

"Rincon!" I shouted.

"Keep moving! We have to head to the shoreline!" Henry said as he charges toward the Kaiju's.

We scattered like flies, moving like bugs trying to avoid getting hit by those unknown projectile. How come we were never warned of this, I've already seen 6 of us killed so far. But who knows, it could've been more as I was just trying to stay focused.

"10 meters, 14 meters, 20 meters Kaiju's ahead! Brace yourself! Activate close combat weapon if you need to!" Shouted Lance Corporal Southerner.

That's right, we can fight back this time! We had missiles, rockets, machine guns all equipped on our mechs. It's time we take back Japan!

We clashed against the Kaiju's, bombs and explosion can be seen in the sky, almost like fireworks. We took down as many as we can but more just kept showing up.

"Damnit, where the hell are they coming from?! We need Kilo!" said Sergeant Ryder as fends off the Kaiju's.

At this point, we just kept trying to kill as much as possible. By each time a kaiju dies, we lose one of our own.

I saw Conley and his squad fighting, at first they were doing fine, but suddenly a Kaiju about 20 meters showed up. It had red glowing eyes and was oddly shaped than the others. Just as Conley blows up the head of the Kaiju he was fighting, the red-eyes Kaiju charged so fast, breaking the sound barrier; it punched through the center of Conley's Mech, where the pilots remain.

"Shit Conley's been hit!" I said.

"Stay back, I got this!" Damon shouted.

But it was too late, Conley was dead. The Kaiju ripped the mech apart like it was Lego's, and there we saw the parts of Conley as well. We were all in shock, but Damon continued to attack.

"You goddam fucking Kaiju, I'll fucking kill you!" He cried in anger, breaking the sound barrier, he flew so fast it was hard to imagine a person could withstand this much speed at this distance.

Damon fired whatever weapon he had on his Archangel, reducing all his rockets and bullets, but it was impossible for the Kaiju to dodge, at this distance it would've obliterated every piece of the Kaiju. Just as Damon thought he had killed the thing, the Kaiju appears above him.

The Kaiju launches 5 deformed giant needles, but Damon dodges it and counters the Kaiju with a blade that ranged up to 5 meters. He'd swing his blade while also launching rockets, but every shot and slash was a miss.

The Kaiju counters Damon's attack, and then morphs his arms to some kind of blade. I wasn't sure how it was doing it, this was never in their description. Perhaps they were evolving..

"Why the fuck can't I kill it! Why is it so fast!" Damon was confused.

Henry went to go help him, but it was too late. The Kaiju strikes Damon right in the chest, this immediately killed Damon.

The Kaiju then stared at Henry, "Shit.. " said Henry.

But then, the Kaiju was split in half, none other than by Lance Corporal Miller. "Get your shit together, we got work to do!" she says.

Me and Henry continued to advance forward, there were just few Kaiju's left. "Damon's dead, Rincons dead.. " I said.

"Just focus on the mission, we'll soon be dead if we don't keep our heads straight. Last thing we want is to lose our composure and screw up the mission" said Henry.

There was just 15 Kaiju's left, about 160 of us died out of 200. Sergeant Ryder lead out unit, Sergeant Myron lead 2nd platoon, Sergeant Donn lead 3rd platoon, he died immediately after dropping off from the ship.

Me and Henry were mostly together, I would've been dead by now if it wasn't for him. Henry had killed about 5 Kaiju's, this was higher than some officers. The battle was almost done, we charged against the remaining enemies. And as we fought them to their last troop, this was one looked the same as the red-eye Kaiju.

The red-eye Kaiju fled back to land, Whalen went to chase it. "Wait Whalen wait! You fucking idiot!" Sergeant Ryder shouted. But the red-eye paused and pump fakes Whalen. It turns around and launches its large needles, directly hitting Whalen in the center once again. 

"Sergeant, this thing.. it knows where our weak spot is" said Lance Corporal Miller.

"I'm aware" he said. "Do you think you can beat it?" he askes Miller.

"I'm not sure, I was only able to kill this one before by a surprised attack" she replies.

"Very well, then you know what to do" he said. 

They fought as the sun fully rise, Sergeant Ryder decided to distract the Kaiju while Lance Corporal Miller proceeded to flank behind the Kaiju's back. They did this almost a hour, as we watched as they fought. They were some of the best fighters in the company, there was denying their skills and expertise. I kept questioning myself, just how did they get this strong.

Sergeant Ryder managed to cut the arms of the Kaiju off, and it began slowly regenerating its arm. But Ryder was not going to give him a chance, he proceeded to charge towards the Kaiju and stab its heart. But it didn't do much, the Kaiju grabs onto Sergeant Ryders Mech. Then it would charge up its body and release intense electricity.

Lance Corporal Miller tried to engage but was ordered not to by Ryder, "Stay back! I'm initiating self-destruction!" he yelled painfully. It was too dangerous for anybody to enter the fight, the power the Kaiju was expanding was too large and could cause damage to nearby Mech.

"Ryder, what the fuck are you doing?!" Sergeant Myron shouted from far away.

"Finish the mission" Sergeant Ryder said.

Everyone headed towards land, and there, they could see the hot ball of explosion.