The World of Guns: 5th Advance

HA. ALRIGHT. I GOTS ME A FRIEND. I GUESS.

RANK: CAPTAIN..

DAY 5

CASH:…..I NEED TO CHECK.

Tyler woke to the feel of Candice and lily in his arms and he smiled at the feeling. Blonde threesomes are a different breed man. He kissed them awake and Lily smiled happily.

"Oh sister you did not tell me he did romance too!"

Candice smirked as she kissed her.

"Surprise."

Tyler chuckled.

"So you two are sisters?"

Candice hugged the other blonde to her nipple. And she suckled without missing a beat.

"Yup! Twins!"

"Sexy."

He kissed them apiece again and Lily smiled.

"We'll play tonight. Sadly w kinda need to be somewhere this morning."

"Sure."

They got dressed and left as Rey sat up in her night gown with wide pink eyes.

"Okay. Um."

"We'll get you earmuffs."

"Yeah. And you're the real deal."

"Brock?"

"Couldn't 5 minutes with one girl."

"Ha. YOU can get some too ya know."

"I…just might."

They got dressed as the private brought their pay.

"Sir, you are a god among men and do you teach?"

"Sorry private. I don't teach dudes."

"DAMMIT."

He left and Rey chuckled as she drank her coffee.

"Another fantasy?"

"Kinda. I got many tastes."

"I will not be one of them."

They clinked mugs before Selena appeared on screen smirking.

"So you DO have a type."

"Oi! A threesome with blonde twins is a FANTASY for a REASON."

"I completely agree."

"As do i."

The three laughed and Selena then crossed her arms under her own large rack.

"So yesterday you made money. Grand total?"

Tyler and Rey pooled their looted cash together.

"Jesus. Loot ALONE we have 1,407,250. I still got 331,440. We got cash to throw now."

Selena crossed her long legs now ad Tyler and Rey both noted she was wearing booty shorts and was bare foot.

"So you have 1.7 mill between loot and Tyler. How far can that get you, Tyler?"

"At a bae we can do an across the board upgrade on our guns, character, kit, and a few vehicles. I was gonna put some more work into our tent with that tiger fur and Rey wants a tiger fur bikini so. I kinda HAVE to get her one."

The ladies laughed at that one and Rey smirked.

"I catch you ogling I remove eyes."

"Ha. To look at YOUR sexiness, it is WELL worth that risk."

She blushed deep red and Selena smirked.

"Youthful romance. Oh shit. And your father got in contact with me Rey."

The pink eyed blonde nodded as her blush died.

"What did he say?"

"He said he loves you and to listen well. Tyler is the best hope we have for you to get out ALIVE. And he said he was sorry he couldn't be there to tell you himself but he has a lot of idiots to deal with."

She smiled.

"I understand. I'll work hard. Tyler's very patient."

He shrugged.

"Not the first time I've had to turn a noob into a badass."

"I will be VERY badass."

"Atta girl. And once I see those cheer and stripper moves I can see what hand to hand tricks I can teach ya."

"Your still present balls thank you for the save."

Selena chuckled.

"Actually he's right, Rey. Some martial arts use high agility and dexterity."

He smiled.

"And let's not forget spearplay. Some stripper routines make for some truly NASTY polearm attacks an since you're already used to handling a pole, second nature."

"Add to the fact you're still in world war 1, and they used mounted cavalry, she's a rather scary lancer."

"Yup."

Rey smiled hopefully.

"I'll show you then. Once we find a suitable pole."

"I have seen FAR too many stripper fails with shit poles."

He then refocused.

"Okay. All sexiness aside. We had an idea yesterday Selena."

The blonde captain nodded.

"Go on."

He sat back as he looked at her.

"Okay. When we capture the city, it'll open itself up as another player hub like the starting area. The players would be able to fast travel to it since it's both free and safe. Are you with me so far?"

She nodded.

"I am."

Rey took up the thread.

"Once the city is secure, it WOULD be periodically attacked and we'd have to defend it. Gore's idea was to secure the city and have the player base all move into the city then LET it be attacked and FORCE them to defend it."

He took it up.

"Because if they run, they'd be called deserters and NOT be allowed back into EITHER city until they redeemed themselves in the eyes of the army, they'd be backed into a corner and their fight or flight instincts would be forced out, or they die. Like D-day but on land."

"I see the merit. And if they ALL die?"

"If they ALL die, we know we're well and truly fucked. And if it comes down to just the TWO of us fighting this war alone, well."

He looked at Rey and she smiled.

"Just leave us here. We'll keep fighting and living here but don't ever expect us to get out."

Selena sighed at that.

"We HAVE to do SOMETHING. You both make a very solid point. We HAVE to find out id the players can be salvaged or at least do SOMETHING. If they refuse to travel to the new safezone?"

Tyler looked at her.

"Have their advisors order them to under pain of plug pull."

She sighed.

"I'll make a few phone calls. At the best, we get battlehardened soldiers helping you. At the worst we lose them all. And there is insane middle ground to work with."

"Are there any other players outside the safezone we have NOT met, Selena?"

The blonde leaned back in her chair.

"A few. About 350 to be exact. They're scattered along the lines two lines back."

Rey smiled.

"Are any reachable for our planes or guns?"

"Yes. Brock's party are and so is one more. They're holed up in the southern trenches around the mountainous region of Italica."

Tyler pulled his map out.

"The southern mountains. Yeesh. Some harsh sniper terrain down there. And the mountain guns are no joke either. Tanks are a no go and we'd need my Monowing to reach them. And even then we'd need to land and refuel before we could offer support."

Rey crossed her arms.

"That Gotha has the range we need."

"It does but we'd need two more. YOU dropping bombs and an escort fighter worth a damn."

He looked at the map again and sighed.

"we'll let them be for now. We try to extend to them we'd just set ourselves up for failure."

Selena sighed as well.

"I see it. They're a decent crew of 15 and they've been working well together. I'll keep tabs on them."

"Alright. The rest are too far out for us to get to."

He closed the map and looked at the pile of cash.

"For now let's put the cash to work. Upgrade our guns and gear before we figure out our tasks for the day."

Rey smiled.

"I'll get a bigger medical satchel."

"Selena. Any word from the devs?"

She sighed deeply now.

"Yes. And it's dark. They're unreachable for us and they dictated updates and patches will be coming as planned. And if the player count were to drop below 500,000 they'll kill you all. With a button press."

The pair blinked and Tyler smirked.

"So they want a simulated reenactment of every war out there. Perfect. The first patch?"

"In three days."

"And it'll bring?"

"Well. New weapons and vehicle skins, sone bug fixes, and a patch for the random glitch."

"Ammo carrying?"

"It's coming but since it's a larger fix, they're holding off for a bit."

He nodded.

"I want the full patch notes."

"You will have them once the dataminers find the last piece. On the upside they're adding new weapons and vehicles to the pool for those randomly generated barnfinds."

"I find a Maus in a WWI bunker I will be very impressed."

They chuckled and he looked at her.

"So the devs basically set this up as a total war scenario. The recruits?"

She sighed.

"The world leaders are debating just HOW to force people to put the helmets on. I'll propose your idea, Tyler, but there is a very solid chance not a soul will go for it."

"We'll still do it. The players HAVE to be getting cabin fever and if a new safezone opens up, but the time it DOES open up, they'll flock to it like bugs to a zapper."

Rey smiled.

"We'll force their hand. We kinda HAVE to if we want off this freakin floor."

Tyler looked outside.

"Let's get to work then, Rey. One more airfield and three more depots and we can make an attempt on the city."

"Roger, roger."

Selena smiled.

"Godspeed you two. If they need recruits I am going in."

"We'll keep a spot open in our plane for ya."

"Two medics. Alright then. And one's a plane jumper. That'll make for some good bullshit. Later Selena."

The pair had breakfast and geared up for the day.

"Are you seriously going to consider his plan?"

Michelle was appalled by the proposal Tyler had put forward and was arguing with Selena over it. The blonde captain sighed as she looked at her.

"I am not considering it. I am AGREEING WITH IT. He's going to do this whether we tell him not to, Michelle. It's how wars are won."

"You are talking about sacrificing hundreds of thousands of children, just to play a VIDEOGAME! He's a monster! No! Pull that helmet off him now! I will NOT allow him to become a genocidal monster!"

Selena pulled a Glock18 sidearm on her now and flipped the safety.

"Take ONE step closer to him, Michelle and I WILL kill you. And you can't get me arrested this time."

Michelle was frantically calling the police and they arrived a few minutes later.

"Put the gun-"

"She threatened to remove his helmet."

"Oh my god. Understood. You. You are under arrest-"

"HE IS GOING TO GET EVERYBDY KILLED!"

She was cuffed and one of the cops slapped her.

"YOU are more dangerous then HE is! Have you FORGOTTEN who that girl is? Who her FATHER is? Who she is looking to as a GUARDIAN? If YOU get him killed, you're committing high treason and endangering the first Family! Lady. LET. IT. GO!"

Michelle was removed from the room screaming to stew in a jailcell for the next few days.

Tyler and Rey first went to the Quartermaster to sell the gold bullions and the man whistled.

"You kids have a scary sort of luck. But it's Gore so go figure."

They got their funds and got a revamp on their outfits. Tyler opted for a tight fitting black tank top and tighter fitting jeans lined by pockets. The things all being higher quality and more durable too. Next he picked up an early version of a tactical vest that had room for plenty of ammo pouches. The last was more ammo for his guns. Rey had opted for a tube top of black and better booty shorts since it was hot in the sun. her foot length blonde hair got a ribbon to keep it from tripping her and her boots were replaced with better quality. The tiger pelt was worked into a tent and bedroll upgrade that mixed with the bear to turn it into a type of midfight resort. Rey got her tiger print bikini and she'd laughed when Tyler handed it to her.

"Yes I will wear it in a fight."

"That is awesome. Plane too."

"Sexy blonde on the wing."

"Sexiest blonde on the wing."

She smiled and her pink eyes were shining at the flattery. The costs totaled 25,000 for the upgrades. Next they went to the hangar where Tyler got the pamphlet for his Monowing. Rey smiled as she leaned beside him.

"Second seat?"

"Yup. It'll add a rear gunner and make it a fighter-bomber variant. Plus it'll be just as agile and aggressive."

He got the upgrade for 250k and for the rear gunner he opted for a Lewis gun since it was one Rey was familiar with. Once the plane had the extra seat installed it was merely 4 feet longer and wider. The engine was readjusted for the added weight and that cost a mere 50k.

"Not a fucking word about weight, Tyler."

"Yes Marrisa."

She's beamed happily at the way he made it sound before they went to the tanks now. Tyler went over to the bone white Elephant St Chamond heavy tank and Rey crossed her arms as she looked up at the thing.

"So you sure it'll take more then two to drive?"

"What I'm looking at now. Come on in."

He helped her aboard and they dropped in through the hatch. Rey went to the driver's seat and looked through the slot.

"I'd only need help on the left hand side."

He was looking out a machine gun emplacement.

"And once we got the target in sight that 105 can shred it."

"Try it?"

"Sure."

They left the tank and were approached by the tank master.

"So what brings ya to the Girls, Gore?"

He smirked.

"full resupply for the Elephant, Gunny."

"ha. Good man. That's 50k fuel included."

"And have this replace the emblem."

He passed the drawing for the seal of the house of Gremory in the trademarked blood red color of the leading lady's hair.

"30k!"

Rey smirked at that.

"And since it LOOKS like a bullseye."

"People will try to hit it."

They walked over to the tankery job board and Tyler saw one.

"3 star. Kill an enemy tank group. Four vehicles. Reward is 6500. We get the right position we'd be set."

Rey pointed to another.

"2 star. Single tank. A mark V. It's easier and we can practice."

"You're learning. Reward is 5k."

He took it and the TanK Master smirked.

"Your callsign, sir?"

"Hm. For the Elephant, Goose-"

"NONE of their names!"

"Yes Rey. Rhino."

"Better."

The Master laughed at the exchange.

"Lucky man! She be ready to deploy."

Tyler loaded int with Rey right behind him and the Chamond fired right up with a roar. He did a sell count.

"So we got 20 shells, Rey."

"That's IT?"

"Level one tank."

"Ah. Alright."

She sat in the seat and he watched as the clever girl figured out the controls easily enough.

"Panzer VOR!"

The tank lurched out of the hanger with a roar and Tyler smiled as he stood in the machinegun to the blonde's right on the other side of the long barreled 105mm cannon.

"NOW this is fun."

"Right? How's it looking?"

"Clean. She handling?"

"Smooth. And it's a bit of a fight on the stick, but I got her."

Tyler looked around the interior of the rather open tank, noting the extra four slots for players.

"This thing would be next to un touchable fully manned."

Rey smiled as she rolled the tank over the trench and onto the main grassland.

"It would. We'll figure it out."

"Oddly enough? If we were playing normally, we'd never stop bickering over who got to do what in here."

"Ha. That's a silver lining. Can we do a plane mission after?"

"Sure. I like flying."

"Me too. I'd like to learn to fly my own plane."

"You got that Bristol."

"It's nice but I want a monowing like yours."

He patted her blonde hair fondly.

"We'll hit another airfield then and getchya one."

She smiled.

"Thanks, Tyler."

"Sure thing, Marissa."

He retook his spot at the machinegun as the blonde drove the tank for the next few minutes before they crossed a hill and were rewarded with a far off image of their prey rattling along. Tyler saw it.

"Target confirmed enemy MKVI tank."

"Rhino roger. Cleared to engage all hostiles."

The soldier took his spot in the gunner's seat as Rey locked the tracks for an accurate shot. He lounded the hundred pound shell into the breech and slammed the lid before scoping in. the MKV saw them and turned to face him.

"Target locked, brace, firing."

He pulled the lever and the round fired. The recoil made the entire tank lurch on it's tracks and the 105 shell slammed into the MKV head on, blowing it clean in half.

"Hit confirmed target destroyed. Good kill, Tyler!'

"Ha. That was awes-what the?"

He reloaded the cannon as another set of four tanks appeared behind the husk of the MKV.

"AMBUSH! I got em be ready to move!"

"Shit!"

"firing!"

The second round arced out and he hit the Renault squarely. The round blew and there was nothing left of the little light tank. Then the AV7 fired and the round slammed into their armor and let a large dent in the right hand side.

"Back up and keep us aimed at em, rey!"

"I got this."

"Make Mako proud!"

She laughed as he slammed the next round into the tube while the more nimble Renault escort tanks tried to close with the beefy Chamond. Only for another well placed round from the 105mm cannon to shatter one into pieces.

"two down, two to go."

Another 5.7cm round from the A7V slammed into their armor and this time it damaged the track.

"Shit I can't move her!"

"Grab the rocket gun, I got the big guy."

He took aim as the limping Chamond was next to helpless. He fired and the round hit the A7V and the blast knocked the tall tank clean over. Rey fired the rocket gun trough the machinegun slit and scored a clean hit on the last Renault. The thing exploded and they slumped at the close call. Rey was panting from the exertion and the heat inside the thing and he patted her.

"We're okay."

"You're right. We need more people."

"Actually? This was more the tank's fault. Chamond's not exactly made for holding a line alone ya know."

She smiled at that as they got out to inspect the damage.

"So if we'd had a better suited tank,"

"We would not have taken a scratch. Say Bertha. She's MADE to fight tanks. Chamond's more a sniper."

"Ah. That track looks okay."

He crouched beside the hulking wheel that had been hit and he smiled.

"It's just jammed. Not broken. We get moving it'll bend itself back into shape."

"Alright. Loot?"

"Hm."

He looked at the wreckages of the tanks.

"watch it, that A7V is gonna go again."

She looked and sure enough the flipped over tank exploded from a fire inside it.

"Why didn't they escape?"

"Probably couldn't. The doors to the thing were on the top and sides."

"Ah."

They loaded back into the tank and the wheel grinded a bit before it jerked and they were moving along just fine. Rey smiled.

"That was fun though."

"Tank warfare is a lotta fun. We'll see what the cost of repair is and get high."

"I love the way you think."

He patted her blonde hair again.

"And I love how that feels."

"Ya got great hair, Rey."

"Thanks. It's actually this long IRL too."

"Wow. It a hassle?"

"Not really. It IS but not as much as you'd think. I take good care of it."

"Wow."

She smiled at that simple word as they parked the tank in the hangar. The Tank master chuckled when they jumped down.

"I see ya had a bit of trouble. Not bad kids. 8,000 even. And the repairs'll cost a mere 4500."

"She;s a tough one."

Tyler added their 3500 profit to their wallet before looking at the upgrades.

"I'll increase ammo capacity for the main gun. That was the biggest worry in that fight."

Rey nodded as she cracked her wrist.

"The shifting and response times were all solid. I'd say a better transmission but that's minor."

"You know cars?"

"Kinda. I was big into Need for Speed Underground 2."

"Your culture is even more apparent. Atta girl."

She smiled at that and they headed to the hangar for their flight job. Rey walked over to the Monowing and hopped into the rear gunner seat while Tyler looked at the offerings.

"Woah."

"Got a doozy?"

"Kill a Zeppelin. A BLIMP Zeppelin."

"Oh my god. Pay?"

"75k base. Those things were escorted by up to fifteen fighters. Hm."

"Skulls?"

"4."

"We got this. I'm a decent shot with this and you're one helluva pilot."

He took it and the Flight Master nodded approvingly.

"Going dragonslaying I see. Good on ya."

"This'll be either a nightmare or FUN."

He loaded into the cockpit of the monowing and slammed the canopy closed while Rey pulled a pair of goggles over her eyes.

"Aim for the engines on other planes. DON'T try to chase your target, Rey. Let them come to you. And be ready to duck. Pass me your satchel."

He wedged the thing between him and the plane.

"You strapped in?"

"Yeah!"

"Good. You go down it'll keep you in place long enough for me to stab you with a needle. I'mma try to KEEP that from happening but ya know."

She smiled as they taxied.

"we'll be fine, Tyler. And I'm okay back here."

"You're learnin an learnin fast."

The pair took off and Selena called. The blonde captain smiled.

"So you're hunting blimps now."

He nodded.

"Yup. I know a lot about this things so alls I need is one good pass with the machine guns and I can take it down. Or get on top of it for a bombing run."

"Watch the explosion."

"That's my one worry. I can make it go, but if we get caught in the shockwave? Yikes."

Rey looked at him from her turret.

"How bad?"

"ever here of the Hindenburg?"

"Oh god."

"Yeah. We're one plane going up against THAT. So long as we get above their hanging gondolas they can't really reach us. And the top turrets too. I got a plan for them."

"I'll trust you."

He smiled at that and Selena pulled a paper over.

"if you aim the machineguns near the front of the blimp three quarters above the bottom, you'll be punching holes directly into one of the main gas reservoirs. Three good passes and it'll go."

"we'll take out their escorts and go from there. I got the 15 pound bomb basket here so we should be fine."

Rey smiled as she rested in her turret.

"This is great."

He long blonde hair was streaming out behind her like a train of gold, and with the added impact of the mid day sunlight hitting it, she looked as if she had a mane of solid metal glimmering behind her.

"You look really good right now, Marrisa."

"Thanks. The wind feels great on my hair."

He smiled and Selena smirked.

"Getting close?"

"She's hot."

"He's nice. It's nice having a guy friend I don't need to worry about getting handsy without the nod."

"Ouch. I just got friendzoned."

The blondes laughed at that one as they crossed a small mountain range and he blinked.

"Hey we're heading south, Rey."

Selena blinked and looked.

"Oh my god you are. You're heading to the other player's AO."

"I upgraded the fuel tanks with the second gunner. We can fly for three hundred miles now."

"Perfect."

Selena smiled.

"Looks like they're under attack by a zeppelin squadron and you just got the request. Make an impact."

He smirked and threw the plane into a steep dive.

"With fireworks."

Rey pulled the charging handle on her Lewis back as he pulled them out of the dive and they were now soaring across the sky at a breakneck speed. The pair heard the explosions and saw the flashes of light over the next mountain and he flipped the radio.

"This is Razgriz 1 entering the AO. We'll slay your dragon for ya."

The reply was in a breathy girl's voice, and she had a distinct relief to her.

"Oh thank god. An NPC finally took the job. Kill the blimp and we got a chance."

"roger that toots."

He banked the plane to the right as they got a look at the 1,000 foot long slate grey blimp raining death upon the land while being defended by 15 fighters. Who were also raining death upon the land. He smiled.

"Time to dive into the fireworks."

Rey was yelling in excitement as he sent them diving at a tight flight of four fighters and he opened up with their own guns. His accurate shots hitting their pilots on his pass and the whirring engine screamed as he sent them high. The four planes crashed and he was already on the tail of the 5th.

"I got one on our tail!"

"engine!"

"firing!"

Rey fired the beefy Lewis and the powerful .303 rounds tore into the engine of the Bristol as it fired it's own brownings at them. Only Rey was a better shot and tyler the cagier pilot. He spun a barrel roll and Rey peppered the engine compartment of the slower Bristol and the thing exploded from some gasline being hit.

"I got one!"

"Good Kill Rey!"

She was all glow as the blonde swung the gun around looking for another target while Tyler shot down his 5th plane. So far 6 planes out of 15 had been shot down. Now the nine remaining all circled around to engage the lone fighter. But Tyler merely sent theirs into a steep climb that saw the Zeppelin's defenses also trying to shoot them. It's escorts flew right through the wall of death Tyler was deftly dancing through and 4 were shot down by friendly fire. Rey whistled.

"Wow. You'd think they'd notice."

"You'd think. But they can't really tell at this distance."

"Scary."

"Yep. Hey ya got a taker."

She smirked and scoped in on the one stubborn bastard on their tail.

"Hold still damn you."

He chuckled as she lined the gunsights up.

"Don't miss."

She fired and the head of the enemy pilot was blown open.

"I didn't."

"Well good."

He fired his own guns and hit TWO pilots.

"Neither did I."

"…..you're an ass."

"Love you too."

She blushed with a happy smile at that and they went after the two survivors. Who fell quickly to Tyler's accurate shooting since they were panicking.

"Alright. Now the big guy."

The lone Zeppelin was slowly drifting over the intense battlefield below with her gondolas and top mounted guns all trying to get a bead on the highly agile Monowing but Tyler merely climbed to a point above the hulking behemoth and smirked.

"Brace, Rey. It's about to get loud."

"ready!"

He fired the rockets and dropped bombs onto the massive blimp below. And the damage was extensive as the bombs were dropped INTO the holes the rockets blew in the taut tarp-like skin of the hydrogen blimp. He smirked once he broke off from the top down bombing raid.

"One more pass and she'll pop."

The top of the blimp was on fire and there were signs of panic inside the gondolas as the soldiers were racing to try and put out the flames as Tyler did a straight on assault that saw the guns and rockets pouring into the crippled thing. Then he broke off and dove.

"Watch this."

Rey looked at the blimp as he snapped his fingers.

"Boom."

The blimp exploded into a massive fireball. The shockwave made their plane rattle and the burning wreckage slowly started to fall from the sky as Tyler chuckled at the amazed Blonde.

"Razgriz 1. I got em."

The same girl's voice was awestruck now.

"You are amazing. We need close air support."

"Mark with smoke then get down."

"Throwing smoke! Yellow mark!"

Tyler looked.

"Yellow smoke detected, target confirmed. Fox 2."

He went on a gunrun and the result was the enemy trench getting lit the fuck up with a few leftover bombs tossed in for good measure.

"charge! Take the trench!"

Tyler smiled as the allied force secured the line.

"Alright. Razgriz is RTB."

"Thank you. You saved our lives. Not bad for an NPC."

He chuckled and sent the plane on a soft bank with his emblem facing the ground where he sighted a tired looking girl with dirty blonde hair and a massive rack holding a Springfield looking up at the plane. She gasped once the emblem was seen clearly.

"You're a player? What's your tag?"

"Goreleech."

He soared high int the sky now out of radio range and was gone.

Rey just busted up laughing as the mountains faded behind them.

"You just pulled a freakin western on her! And oh my god was that a doozy!"

"The legendary hero himself swoops in on wings of blood to slay the vile enemies attacking the princess and her loyal followers. They had even employed a fell grey dragon to accomplish their goal. And they would have succeeded but for the efforts of two heroes. One soaring on wings of blood, the other spitting spells of fire and lead. Together on their blood red griffin the pair put down all that opposed them and even succeeded in slaying the evil dragon. Then, as the princess looks up at the smoke smeared sky to her saviors, she learns ONE of their names before he was gone into the sky like a flash. And she is left wondering, will she ever see that legendary blood red griffin again? Will her hero remember her voice? Is that blonde as beautiful as she seemed?"

Rey sighed with a dreamy feel as Tyler spoke in a hard, warm tone.

"That was AMAZING!"

"I got a few tricks, mah dear. Hows you like to TRY em?"

She laughed at his now gravelly tone.

"You are hilarious. Alright. So we shot down a zeppelin. Now what?"

"we'll land and refuel. Take a rest and then it an airfield. Get you your own Monowing."

"I'd hug you but I don't want to tip us over. NO PRANKS in the sky."

"It's a good way to cause a heart attack."

"Phew. I-"

"What the hell are YOU doing down there?"

He'd seen something on the ground below and Rey looked as he banked around the now suspicious site.

"See something?"

"Yeah. Look straight down."

She did and frowned.

"WHY is there a RAILROAD leading into the DIRT?"

"I have an idea why, but we NEED to get down there."

"Right."

He landed the plane on the dusty section of mountain and killed the engine before the pair pulled guns and went to the railroad line that lead straight into a mountain. Tyler smiled widely.

"If this is what I think it is, Rey, we just found a legendary ARMORED TRAIN."

"Is that good?"

"Depends on what it's packing. And we'll be able to have the plane loaded onto the train too."

"I can try to fly it back, Tyler."

"I'll need your help with the engine. We'll figure it out."

"Sure."

Tyler walked up to the rails and tapped a knuckle n the metal.

"Metal's solid so this is a new bed."

He looked at the side of the mountain that for all the world seemed solid. The rails lead straight into the mountainside and as he walked over he noted the spots the rails entered the mountain had curls.

"It's a cloth covering. And a GOOD ONE."

He gripped the cloth and tore it aside. There was a grand ripping sound before a 75 foot tall by 80 foot wide sheet of cloth was torn from the mountainside revealing a train tunnel leading into the darkness. The cloth was loaded into the duffel bag.

"We can use it to hide stuff."

And the rifles were brought out with flashlights. Tyler took point with his BAR and Rey followed with the trench gun. The rails led into the dark and there was an ominous dripping from the ceiling. The blonde gulped nervously and he smiled.

"Scared of the dark?"

"Kinda. I was nearly kidnapped once on a night walk home in middle school. I was able to kick him in the bals and run."

"Yikes. I gotchya."

She smiled at that.

"Thanks. I AM trying to get over it."

He took her hand and she smirked.

"I'm not THAT bad."

And she yanked her now nervously sweaty hand back.

"Whatever you say, toots"

"And I was just about to LIKE you too."

He chuckled at her dry tone as they approached a turn in the rails. Tyler took the center of the tracks with his BAR up as they went around the bend.

"Ooooooh my GOOOOD. Rey you have GOT to see this."

She was quick to come around the corner.

"What we got-OOOOOOH MY GOOOOOD."

Sitting before them was a massive, jet black, WEDGE NOSED, armored train. With machine guns on the sides od the wedge. Tyler was openly gaping as they approached the massive steam engine.

"We found an iconic Armoured train. And I know this one. The Black Death. It was supposed to be a myth back in WW1. Thing was supposedly responsible for the destruction of an entire ottoman warship fleet in the Suez Canal. But it was never found."

Rey was also awestruck by the silent power the locomotive was giving off.

"How do you drive this?"

"it is NOT easy, but I know how."

"Uh-huh."

He led her along the side of the massive train noting the height of the funnel and drive wheels.

"Look here. The wheels have skirts on them like the IV does. That funnel has a grate to keep grenades out and the cabin's got a metal grate for the same. The coal tender's fully enclosed while the couplings are also reinforced and enclosed. I'd put it's top fighting speed at…..50 miles. And that ram can punch straight through even a Zeppelin. Alright. Let's see what the cars are packing."

"So you know trains."

"Some. I've had many interests over the years. I'd place the type of train at a modified Mallard."

"You really ARE a walking encyclopedia of the most USELESS and RANDOM information. But I love that."

He chuckled as they left the engine behind and were faced by the first car.

"Looks like a 105mm howitzer. That's an artillery car and is partially enclosed for small arms fire protection. Decent."

The next car was fully enclosed but had a set of turrets and grooves for guns.

"That's a machinegun car. Looks like space for up to 30 guns and the two turrets house 20mm cannons. Not bad."

Rey whistled.

"We'll need a lot more help for this."

"You'd think so, right? But for THIS? We can let the NPCs man it since in here they're kinda decent on the trains. Alls we'd need to do is keep the train moving."

"Can we?"

"Sure. The guns on the front are wired to the cabin."

"Alright. Now you got two trains."

"Yup. Best part is we can use THIS one as a personal fast travel point."

"Bonus."

The third car was next and he nodded.

"That crane and open deck. A pure cargo car. I know enough about cranes to load our plane onto it."

"WHY do you know so much about so many random things?"

"I had a lot of free time growing up since I was that weird kid in class. So I watched a lot of documentaries, read a lot of encyclopedias, and my grandfather was a mechanic that would get contracted out for random gimmicks."

"That'll do it. What's next? You're some kinda programmer too?"

"I have a modded skyrim and various other games."

"Uh-oh. I do not want to know."

"Yes you do and I do not judge."

She smiled as they walked to the next car.

"Another cargo car. Makes sense."

"So you don't judge."

"I jerked off to hellknight and 177013."

"Oh you got NO room to judge. Sick fuck."

"YOU did too."

"Hellknight. Yes. 177013, no. NO I did not."

"Ha."

She shivered.

"And now the scars are open."

"Lucky Star."

"Better then you."

"Teasing Master Tagakai."

"Awww! I feel better!"

"K-on."

"I feel better and it hurts too."

"Hm. Eromanga sensei."

She smirked.

"I don't know anyone by that name."

"Ha."

The next car made him chuckle.

"The command car. A very high tier living quarters and looks like it's got room for thirty. Next car is the sleeping car."

The car after that was another artillery car and following that was the last two. Another machinegun car and the rear guncar that was part caboose, part rear artillery. The entire train was jet black and he smiled.

"We'll find the pamphlet in either the command car or the office for the hidden station."

Rey looked at the end of the tunnel and noted it really WAS the end.

"So what'll we do with the train, Tyler?"

"We'll take it back to the trench and see about attacking the city."

"Oh that sounds nice…WHAT?!"

"We have this now. If we roll this thing into the city along the railroad, we can divert an overwhelming majority of the defending forces AWAY from the edges and allow for the allies to get inside. Since the thing is so freakin TOUGH, we can do it."

"If it gets destroyed?"

"and we yet live we can pay to have it restored. Since it IS a train, it will NOT be cheap. But we ARE keeping it since it's the Black Death."

"Um. Okay."

He smiled and patted her.

"We'll be fine. The city is a serious resource for the region so we HAVE to take it. And if we do, the ENTIRE allied army in this region will assist. Since we have a set of iconic vehicles we can choose how to attack the city. Use the iconic tanks, fly, or use the train."

"How do you know so much about the game, Tyler? Were you a beta tester?"

"NO. I got a hold of a leaked file on the game from a beta tester."

"Lucky."

"Plus I read the manual."

"Ah."

They turned around and walked back to the platform by the engine and tyler kicked the door to the main office in. there laying on a desk was the train's extra thick pamphlet, a large safe sitting on the floor, a black commander's hat, and a gun. He took the gun first and it was a jet black Webley MKVI. He smiled as he caught Rey's puppydog look from the corner of his eye.

"Here, Rey. You need an iconic."

She hugged him hard all glow and smile.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I love it!"

"Don't say I don't spoil you."

She beamed as he patted her before he took the train's pamphlet.

"Get this. The train's level?"

"Hit me."

"ONE."

"BULLSHIT."

"It's a level one armoured train. ARMED like THAT. We can keep it all the way up to modern era."

"That is so broken."

"Not really. Just upgrading the outdated parts and boom. Trains' not all THAT complex if you get right down to it."

"I GUESS."

He smiled and they looked to the hat. He took it and smirked.

"It's a Black captain hat. Increases head defense by 50. It can deflect spot on headshots twice before getting shot off."

"And if you die I'll revive you."

"Half the reason I keep you around, Rey. You got the revive."

She seemed crushed at this news.

"And the OTHER half is I'm sexy?"

He looked at her strangely.

"The OTHER half is I like you."

She brightened up immensely and hugged him.

"I like you too."

"did you seriously pull a Tsundere?"

"Oi. I think it's Kuudere."

"As long as you're NOT a yandere."

"So true. YOU can."

"You just want clingy."

She clung to him now with a grin.

"I'M clingy!"

"Great. A sexy, CLINGY, blonde haired pink eyed cheerleader. I have seen this plotpoint before SOMEWHERE. But where?"

"Asshole. STOP RUINING MOMENTS!"

he ruffled her hair fondly.

"Sure thing, Rey."

"I will CUT you. Stop FUCKING MY HAIR UP!"

he patted her instead and she nearly exploded from rage at that point. The tease let his friend off the hook or risk a homicide and looked at the safe.

"I'll get that open. Wanna see what else is in here?"

She rubbed her head tiredly.

"Yeah, yeah. I got a headache now."

He chuckled at that and set his ear to the safe. Rey watched through her blonde hair as the tall boy turned the dial a few times before smirking.

"I still got it."

There was a click and the door opened to reveal a stack of gold bullions.

"WHERE did you learn how to safe crack?"

"Videogame."

"Ugh. RDR?"

"NO actually. A vr game I found on steam by accident."

"Oh that's kinda cool."

"Yeah. It was a robbery simulator and you could either be the crook or the cob."

"Huh."

He smiled as he loaded the gold into his bag.

"And we made another 1,250,000 here Rey."

"I think we're gonna get a luck nerf."

"They CAN'T nerf luck. Not in TWOG. Since the entire loot system is randomly generated per floor. And they reset once found too. So since I found Bertha, there's another tank like her out there. Same with Black death here. It's in the backbone of the code."

"That's a relief."

"You find anything?"

"Just some gloves that increase comfort when holding guns. I claimed them."

"Makes sense. Not bad for a random find."

They returned to the train engine and Tyler climbed into the cab.

"Okay. First task is lighting the fire. It's a steam engine so the fire is the most important piece."

He pulled a lever and a hatch opened to reveal a cubby he loaded coal and wood into. Rey leaned on the wall of the cab as her odd friend stocked the fireport of a WWI era steam engine.

"So the coal tender?"

"There's a shovel there. I'll load it wit coal once the flames get going."

"And the plane?"

"I'll roll the train out an d once we're in place we'll load her on using the crane."

"You're insane. You DO know that right?"

"Well. Thank heaven for that then. Cause otherwise? This'd probably never work."

She smirked.

"Jack Sparrow would be proud."

"When in doubt, bullshit."

"Ha. I passed a math test like that once."

"I passed an English final like that. And my GOD did it piss off the teacher."

The teens chuckled at the almighty power of bullshit. Then Tyler threw the match and the fire lit inside the cubby and he shut the hatch.

"Alright. Now to get some steam going."

Rey watched as he worked a few of the levers for a few minutes as the train's dials came to life and a meter filled up. Then he smiled widely.

"And I have ALWAYS wanted to do this."

He tugged a line and the train's whistle blew. It echoed inside the cave and the light on the front of the train lit up as Rey chuckled.

"I am doing that."

"go for it."

She blew the whistle and had a smile like a little kid.

"I love trains."

"HA. Alright. I need you on the front."

"guide it out?"

"Yup. Make sure it follows the tracks. She needs to wake up properly before we can open up the speed."

"Sure."

The blonde walked along the catwalk on the side of the train and he looked out the small windshield as she gave a thumbs up. He blew the whistle again and moved a lever forward in the cab. The train gave a mighty jerk before the powerful wheels caught on the tracks. The signature chug….chug…..chug. of the pistons and wheels was followed by the heavy steam released by the lone driver and Tyler smiled widely as the train moved ever so slowly.

"And now I a train driver. I love my job."

Rey was hanging onto the railing to prevent an accident as she waved to the lone driver. The train clacked as it moved out of the tunnel and into daylight with the soldier at her controls. Once she was moving steadily Rey came back,

"We're passing our plane."

"Got it."

He slowed the train as she played guide for the cargo car and train.

"Set!"

He stopped the thing and let off steam in a massive hiss before the pair went to the crane car. Tyler took the crane's simplistic controls and Rey used the straps under his direction to attach to the plane. The he loaded the Monowing onto the flatbed with the wings folded upwards for transport. Then they returned to the cab where he set the mammoth train to moving again. Rey helping with the shovel and coal.

"Shovel."

"Here!"

She threw a scoop of coal into the hatch and Tyler managed the levers. As they worked he kept a close eye on the track ahead and the gently clacking cars behind them. He saw the turn off for the captured railyard and chuckled.

"This is the railyard I captured."

She smiled at that brag as he rolled the mighty steam engine into the platform where a line of armed friendly soldiers were waiting. Tyler stopped the Black Death, locked her brakes, and let off steam before he stepped onto the platform.

"I found a BIGGEE this time!"

The Station Master came over and whistled.

"The Black Death armoured train rolls into battle again. And GORE owns her. That is a scary thought. Go see the commander kid. We got a big one and SHE'S included."

"I figured. And be careful with my plane!"

They laughed and the duo walked back to the trench. Rey looked at her coal dusted hair with an I'm-about-to-freak-out expression and he smiled.

"I kinda like how you look with black highlights, Rey."

She brightened up immensely over her filthy appearance.

"Thank you. I kinda like it too. Even if I feel nasty."

"Still sexy to me. And be honest I much before the dirt-covered supermodel then the pristine princess."

"Nice image. And thanks. I'm…not used to this yet."

"Least's its just coal dust."

"That's an improvement. So the commander?"

"Assaulting the town. The game does that when we get just the SLIGHTEST bit overpowered. And since we got so many iconics, we JUST crossed the threshold. So we'll be put back in line."

She nodded and looked at the city.

"I am getting a BATH dammit."

"We'd have to share since we're a squad."

She blushed a deep red in her coal smutted face.

"I've seen you naked….soooo...be nice?"

"Sure. It'll be nice to sleep in a bed for once."

"Ooooh BEDS!"

He chuckled at her new dream to sleep in a bed.

"MY bedrolls are better."

"I will need to be reminded of what a bed feels like before I give such high praise."

They walked into the command tent and the commander slid their payment over.

"Not bad. 150k for the Zeppelin mission. And you found us the Black Death. Which you now own. Goreleech. We are taking Tragonia. And Black Death is the vanguard fist. Is she operational?"

"Yes sir. Fully. Just needs a full resupply and the cargo cars swapped out."

"YOU get it down."

"Yes sir."

A runner left with the order and the commander slid the details over.

"Black death will be fully manned and armed for this. YOU will drive her?"

"With Rey my Tender."

"Understood. Your mission is to get Black Death inside the city and do everything in your power to draw attention AWAY from the walls. Set the city on fire I don't care. It's all enemy soldiers in there so go crazy."

"Air support?"

"we got enough planes for this. Don't worry."

Tyler grabbed a runner.

"Add an antiair car to the Black Death's load out."

"Yes sir! 450k!"

He paid him and the man ran off. The commander nodded approvingly.

"And that id the foresight and attitude that will win us this war. The operation will commence in T-minus two hours. Rest up, Goreleech and Regalia. We will have a long day and night. Dismiss."

The pair returned to the tent and Selena called. The blonde captain had a grim expression as the pair cleaned their guns.

"So you're going on a full scale assault to secure a valuable military strongpoint. My sympathy."

Tyler smiled at her.

"we got this."

She nodded.

"You are the only two players fighting in this battle, Tyler. And the other few squads outside the safezone are still two lines behind. I saw the battle over the mountain. Textbook antizeppelin warfare. And I want to ride in that train."

"You know what to do."

She smiled.

"I do. And right now the world is waiting anxiously for the outcome of this battle. It seems they turned your struggle into a TV show."

He looked at her, and she was quick to explain.

"Third person! NOT through your eyes! There's a feature that lets you watch your playthrough like a livestream and the devs activated it. Look at the radio."

He and Rey did.

"radio silence."

"it turns the streams off for the rest of the world."

"Uh-huh."

Rey smiled.

"I've no issues letting them see-"

"And if you're in the bath?"

"Oh yeah. NEVER MIND. Turn it off."

he did and he flipped his own off. Selena smiled.

"I TOLD them you'd do that. Somethings are not for their eyes."

"And I HATE reality TV with a burning passion."

Selena's phone rang and she answered it.

"Hello?.....he won't...SHE won't either....No. I will not make them....He'd kill himself if you push it….he already did once. He got saved by a medic. NOT her....Ha. NO. THEIR pain will NOT be YOU'RE amusement."

She hung up and Tyler chuckled.

"Pay?"

"Haven't gotten that far."

Rey looked at him in shock.

"You tried to KILL yourself?"

"My foster mother is a shrew. So I gave her the choice. LEAVE ME ALONE. Or I put a bullet in my mouth. I had one in the chamber for my revolver and we played Russian roulette. Sad to say, she doesn't listen."

"WOW. So you shot yourself."

"I nearly did it TWICE."

"Wow. She must be MISERABLE."

"And delusional. It's a videogame for god's sakes. It's not real."

"Oh my head."

"Yeah. Anyway."

He looked to his sawed off shotgun.

"Look to your sidearms and smaller guns, Rey."

"we won't have a lot of room in the cab."

"exactly. Listen to me. Stay close. Stay CALM. And watch your sides."

She nodded.

"I will. I shouldn't be doing this."

He looked her in the eye.

"No. You shouldn't. Be perfectly honest you are NOT ready for this. I BARELY am and that's because a the train. Listen to me, keep your wits about you, and DON'T PANIC. You'll be just fine."

She hugged him hard.

"Thanks for letting me go with you."

He stroked her blonde hair.

"Every time. And we'll be fine."

Her pink eyes were smiling at that reassurance as Selena smiled.

"Alright. The city."

Tyler set the map of the city out.

"It's built into a circle with 8 antiair gun emplacements in an octagon shape on the rim. There's a large wall surrounding the place and we're going in through the railyard. The line goes right through here."

He ran a finger along the center of the city.

"It's level with some open areas. Perfect spots for blockages and ambushes. They take out the tracks we're fucked. But I doubt they will since it's a lifeline for the city and their own supply lines. The trick is to keep the train moving. We stop we die. So I'll keep her at a steady pace for the guns to raise hell."

Rey nodded as she looked at the map.

"And to capture the city?"

"Break the enemy's fighting spirit. If we kill enough of them fast enough they'll surrender. Or if we drag it out and destroy everything they send at us."

"So an uphill battle. Perfect."

"Upside, on the other side of the city the terrain is forest mixed with some mountain regions."

"Yay. NOT as much grassland!"

He chuckled at that before closing the map.

"Full restock on grenades, throwables, and medical."

"food?"

"Good call, Shadow. Water too. I'll break camp."

"What about Candice and Lily?"

"Will find us after the battle."

She smirked.

"I want Lily."

"Deal."

They shook on it and the pair got to work. Tyler went to the Quartermaster and got a crate of supplies while Rey tore down the tent and packed it away. The cost of the crate was a whopping 15k and the pair reconvened for a funds check. Tyler sighed.

"I hate math. Okay. We still got 1,895,750 in pure loot cash NOT including my 333k. Alright. The train we'll go take a look at. It's only level 1 so we can't upgrade anything but we CAN buy different arms for it."

Rey nodded as they got moving.

"Alright. So we're gonna steamroll them."

"Pretty much."

The duo returned to the railyard and the train. The Station Master came over as they walked the line of their train.

"Looks like you got a big one kids. What can I do ya for?"

Tyler looked at the crawling in men train.

"Looking to see what we can do for her to make the battle easier."

"Smart. Black death's a fierce one she is. We looked her over ourselves and she's at the top of her game."

"Thanks a lot Stat."

"Prick."

He left smirking and tyler sighed as he looked to Rey.

"There it is. We can't do anything to upgrade her. It's purely cosmetics."

"That sucks. Cars?"

"She can haul what she's got and that's the max."

"Uphill battle?"

"Yup."

She sighed and looked at the thing.

"We'll be fine, Gore."

"Yeah."

He patted her and she smiled at the affection as a sound of thunder opened up In the distance.

"There's the bell. Load in, Rey."

"Got it."

The pair climbed into the cab and Tyler looked the gauges over before he smirked and looked at the station master.

"Replace the headlight with a blood red one and paint a pair of demon horns on the ram!"

"30k!"

Tyler paid the man and the addition gave the jet black train an eerie appearance and Rey smirked.

"Niiiiice."

"I know how to make a point."

The radio in the train blipped.

"Goreleech, callsign."

He thought for a moment before smirking.

"Gliepnir."

"Gliepnir, MOVE OUT!"

Tyler blew the whistle on the train and Rey shoveled coal into the firebox while the rest of the train's force loaded in. The driver then rang the bell as a conductor yelled.

"All aboard!"

"MOVE OUT!"

The train chugged it's way out of the station brimming with guns and men ready to use them. Rey set her Lewis on a rack by the coal tender and he had his sawed off at the ready.

"Rey I can't let the levers go so you'll have to reload for me."

"I gotchya."

"Alright. Let's go to hell together!"

She smiled at that reference as the city in the distance was getting lit up by artillery fire and In the sky a cloud of planes were soaring. Selena appeared on screen and he smiled.

"I'm a little busy at the moment."

"They want to watch this battle, Tyler."

Rey smiled at him.

"We can afford to show off a LITTLE."

"Typical sexy blonde. Always wanting to flaunt what she got."

Selena and Rey smiled.

"Damn straight."

"If ya got it flaunt it. And I GOT it!"

"Oh you damn well do, Rey. And I LOVE it."

She smiled with a happy blush as he switched the feed on.

"Alright. Welcome to the Ride of the long black train. The devil is driving it. And we're on the highway to hell."

Selena whistled.

"There are so many references in that it's a little scary."

The soldier looked out the windshield and smirked as he saw an armored car blockade on the tracks.

"It's about to get bumpy!"

He pulled the lever for the guns and the machineguns packed into the nose opened up while Rey pulled the whistle. The massive armoured train slammed into the armoured car and split the Lancaster clean in half. Tyler and Rey didn't even feel a nudge as they shot enemy soldiers on their way by.

"Move bitch get out the way."

Rey chuckled as she reloaded his shotgun.

"I never liked that song."

"oooh that's RIGHT."

He took the radio and switched to music and he hit an option. Rey's eyes lit up like lights as the bars for DxD's first intro played.

"NOW you break out the good stuff!"

"THIS is all my I-am-a-badass tunes playlist. You WILL feel like a god or you're dead inside."

The blonde chuckled as she shoveled more coal into the train.

"I love the way you think."

He looked ahead and noted the sun had set and the sky was lit up by fires and explosions. The rails ahead were illuminated by the blood redhead lamp and he chuckled.

"This thing will make you shit yourself on approach."

"And WE will make your head explode."

"HA."

The train rattled along the tracks as they approached the city and tyler smirked as he saw a line of soldiers fighting on the tracks. He blew the whistle and the allied forces got the FUCK off the tracks as he opened up with the machineguns. Rey had her Lewis gun firing as he barreled the train clean through a freakin Mark V tank! The machinegun cars opened up now with the 88mm artillery aiding them. The air was rife with the thunder of explosions and the pops of machineguns. All serenaded in the screams and howls of the dying. Tyler had the train cruising at a healthy 35 miles an hour as they entered the city of tragonia with a roar. It being built in a circle with the railroad splitting it clean in half. The entire settlement was made from cobblestone and when hit with heavy shells exploded into lethal shrapnel. Tyler plied the train into the city along the heavily fortified line and the machinegun cars and launcher cars tore into the sandbag defenses with vicious force. Rey was dropping people with her Lewis and shoveling coal in between salvos while tyler had the train moving through the city. Once the full train was inside the city, the troop cars were opened and the masses of NPC men surged to secure the place. The soldier smiled at this smooth deployment as the rest kept up the fire.

"reload."

"Gotchya."

Rey dropped to a knee as she replaced the disk shaped magazine on her Lewis and tyler covered her with his shotgun. Bullets and grenades were bouncing off their cab as soldiers tried to halt the invading train's momentum but the armor was too thick. A particularly brave idiot tried jumping onto the train but was shot mid air by Tyler's Sawed off shotgun. The 18 inch weapon perfectly suited for such tasks.

"Set!"

"Alright. Keep at it."

Rey popped up and was firing her LMG into the windows and doors of passing houses while Tyler kept the train moving. The blonde was smiling widely as she fired and Tyler kept a close eye on her while he worked. The train was now moving slower to give the artillery more chances to shoot and so they were easier targets. Tyler would occasionally hose people with the train's forward facing machineguns when they crossed the line but for the most part all he did was drive the train. There was a thud behind him and he saw Rey drop with a hole in her chest from a sniper and he stabbed her with a needle.

"Get off your ass and on your feet Goldilocks! We're not done here!"

She smiled gratefully at him and he threw an antitank grenade bundle into the window the sniper round had come from. That entire side of the house exploded and Rey smiled.

"I owe you one, Tyler."

"I gotchyer back, Rey. The girls okay?"

"Warm and still silky smooth."

"Stop. My penis can only get SOOO erect."

"Love you too."

He smiled at that retort as the train pressed on. The rails turned a bend and he sighed as he saw the line ahead.

"Full Stop. They took out a bridge."

The train slowed to a stop and the conductor was quick.

"Issue sir?"

"The line's blocked! I can get through."

"Understood. This is as far as we go aboard the train. Secondary orders incoming."

Tyler pulled his BAR out now as the commander came on.

"That lasted longer then I hoped. Goreleech, take Rey and assault their artillery positions. Take them out and continue battle."

"On it commy."

The train was shutdown and Tyler smiled as they dove behind some sandbags.

"Since I own the train, it'll still be there when we come back. And it'll spawn NPCs to assist in the battle."

"That's a plus."

He popped up and fired the new 4o round capacity mag into a surprised group of enemy soldiers.

"Yup. And the train itself got all the experience from the kills made. NPC or otherwise."

"Upgrade the efficiency."

"will do. For now let's go make a boom."

The pair moved away from the train and into an alley heading towards the hostile field guns and artillery emplacements. Tyler had his BAR up around corners while Rey used her Lewis. The pair came out onto a street as an enemy A7V heavy tank left another alley. Tyler smirked as they hid.

"It hasn't seen us yet. I got an idea."

Rey passed him a crockpot sized bomb called a Limpet charge and the soldier ran over to the slow moving tank, slapped it on the rear of it, and retreated into another alley. Rey popped out then and fired her Springfield single shot rifle and hit the charge. The thing blew the back of the tank off and the tank itself exploded as Tyler returned to the happy blonde.

"Good tank kill! Let's go."

The pair moved on as the tank burned.

"You got that from battlefield!"

"And it worked PERFECTLY. I got four charges like that."

"Oh look ammo."

They'd come across an enemy supply building and the ever opportunistic pair stole a resupply of bullets from the depot before Tyler set a limpet charge with a timer under some mortar shells.

"60 seconds….RUN!"

And they bolted from the building as the timer ticked. The pair dove into another alley as the charge blew and the ammo dup exploded in a fireball seen for miles. The tall man chuckled as he saw this before they were moving on.

"We're doing pretty well for two psychopaths."

She smirked at that one as they reached the outer wall on the northern sector of the city.

"Idiot."

The pair moved up the wallsteps to the ramparts and were faced by a platoon of men manning a set of 75mm howitzers. The guns firing regularly and Tyler counted four.

"We'll demo three and use one for a bit of fun."

"I can get behind that."

The friends set their guns up on bipods as the unawares soldiers went about their tasks.

"Watch the shells. They go we die."

"Got it."

"Give it to em."

They fired and the 25 or so men were caught off guard and shot to death. The pair then got to work rigging demo charges to the guns while Tyler went to one gun and slammed a fresh round in the chamber before turning the knob to where a set of enemy tanks were seen in the field firing on their own. Tyler sighted a Chamond in the center of the pack and pulled the lever. The round landed squarely on the enemy Chamond and Rey had the next round in the tube as he reached for the next round. She fired the thing and he reloaded it. The pair accounted for 6 more tanks before an enemy detachment arrived to reclaim the guns. Tyler and Rey retreated and jumped from the 20 foot walls and he slammed the lever on the detonator. The entire top of the wall exploded and close to 50 men went with it. Rey and her friend landed into a roll and were moving along the wall seeking the next gun emplacements. The blonde smiling widely as they moved.

"is it SUPPOSED to be this easy, Tyler?"

"Oddly enough? I think so. We're kinda good at this shit now. I haven't even broken a sweat yet and you're sweating yet holding your own. Remember. This game rewards high SKILL more then high LEVEL."

"I like it."

"Enjoy it cause the next battle after this will most likely be to break a heavily fortified defensive line."

"we'll be fine."

"Damn straight."

She smiled at that as they left a small tunnel in the city to be faced with an antiaircraft gun emplacement. Tyler looked up and noted the allied planes were struggling so they killed the gunner and loader. Tyler got on the gun and Rey handled the reloading as the skilled player bracketed an enemy fighter and started firing the airburst rounds. The biplane was hit squarely and exploded as Tyler moved to the next. Rey reloaded the boxes of 40mm ammo and Tyler accounted for ten planes before the retaliation came in the form of an artillery truck packing a mobile 75mm cannon. The pair abandoned the antiair gun and the soldier left another limpet charge in the road the truck ran over. It exploded and the crew killed. Then they stopped in an alley to regroup. Rey drank some water while he kept watch.

"What's our next move, Tyler?"

He looked around.

"We'll break the line from the rear. See if we can't demo the walls the heaviest defenses are on with some limpets."

"Alright. Are we winning?"

"I'd say so. Our planes outnumber theirs, we've demoed a mass of their artillery, and killed a large number of men."

She nodded and took a deep breath before they were moving towards the heaviest fighting. Tyler with his BAR and Rey her Lewis. They dropped any enemy soldier they came across using their knives now to prevent any from knowing they were coming. The pair reached a house near the southern wall and found it packed with enemy soldiers. Tyler smirked as he saw a golden opportunity.

"rig demo to the support walls."

"On it boss."

The industrious pair moved along the building's walls and left dynamite on key structural points before Tyler snuck to the main wall and stuck limpet charges on timers to the stone. Once the charges were ready he pulled the mass pin and was sprinting to rejoin Rey on the other side of the street. The blonde smiled at his return and they ducked under the protection of a small hill and he covered her with his body.

"Brace."

She smiled and enjoyed the unintended-but-totally-intended cuddle. Then the charges went and the dynamite set off. The blasts blew holes in the structures and the building ended up collapsing with close to a hundred men trapped inside while the outer wall had a 50 foot hole blown into it. The blast silenced a good portion of the gunfire in that sector and a charge whistle was heard from the attackers before allied forces flooded into the city. Once they were inside, a similar sounding whistle was heard and it signaled the retreat and surrender of the Narzikian forces holding the city. Tyler smiled widely as he rose.

"well. We've taken Tragonia."

Rey deflated from relief at this as the allied flood continued.

"Oh thank god. Ya know something? It wasn't all that bad all things considered. The train helped out more then I thought."

"That train made the difference. On the board this was a 5 skull+ assault yesterday. TODAY? It was your usual 4 skull job."

The pair looked at the allied men moving in to secure the city and Tyler smiled.

"We report to the commander since we were vanguard."

"Ah."

Tyler led the tired blonde out of the city and down to the assault command center where the commander saluted them.

"Well done, Lieutenants, 1,250,000 is your pay and you are to rest immediately."

"There a place set up?"

"There is an inn that was undamaged."

Tyler and Rey perked up at this and the older man chuckled.

"And clean up."

"With relief."

The pair returned to the city and found the cobblestone inn without issue and were led by none other then Lily to their bath. Rey and Tyler hopped into the hole in the floor that was the tub and they blinked as it turned a DEEP red color once the climbed in.

"Woah."

"Kinda freaky we were THAT covered in blood."

"I turned the stream off soon as we walked into the changing room."

"Nice tease."

"It's NOT going back on either. "

She sighed as her massive breasts floated in the bloody water.

"I needed this."

"It'll go clear in a moment."

And like that the water cycled out and refilled with fresh water. Only for IT to go blood red again. Rey slumped at this as it took no fewer then four more cycles to get all the blood, grime, dirt, soot, and other muck off their bodies and out of her voluminous hair.

"I feel gross."

He smiled at her.

"Want some help with that gold?"

"Awww! Thank you!"

"Assume the position."

"And you've been WAITING to use that one."

now happily glowing the blonde sat between his legs as he set a brush into her thick lockes. And her breasts were still floating in the water.

"Wow."

She smirked.

"They float. I know."

"Kinda cool."

"And I can feel your poking me."

He poked her with his dick and she sighed.

"Don't make me hit you with a hammer."

"Not when I got a comb in your hair."

"Sick fuck. What man threatens a beautiful girl with her HAIR?"

"Ha."

He chuckled at her mock offense as he brushed her long golden tresses.

"And this is nice."

She smiled at that.

"Yeah. Kinda feels like we're not at war right now."

"Well. Right NOW we're not. Right now we're enjoying a good soak and some spoil."

"Yeah. I guess."

She sighed and he patted her belly.

"ya gotta enjoy the little things Rey. You're hot, enjoying a hot tub bath with a guy that is doing your hair for you. Can't find anything wrong with that."

The pink eyed blonde smiled at that silver lining.

"Yeah. You're right. Thanks for this."

"every time."

"Wow I like how you spoil."

"It's got it's perkiness."

"Cocky prick."

He chuckled at that.

"And have a look."

She looked in a mirror and gasped at her shimmering lockes.

"I love it!"

The girl stood tall and smiled like a happy little girl as her hair shown like polished gold in the lantern light of the bath. Tyler smiled as she did a spin and it set her hair to sparkling while at the same time he noted her slit was small and protected by a golden fur shield. Her breasts were perky indeed and had large nipples without needing support. She smiled warmly at her friend.

"Thanks Tyler! I love it! I don't USUALLY do my hair unless I got some event to go to!"

He hugged his friend tightly.

"You look beautiful, Rey. How come on. We got work in the morning."

"Kay!"

She was all happy glow and giggles as they got dressed in cleaned gear and headed up to their room. Lily smiled apologetically to the pair as they leered at her.

"Sorry you two. We're busy with recovery in the city. Tomorrow we can play."

Tyler kissed her then rey kissed her.

"You BETTER be ready for a good ride."

"What he said."

The blonde nurse smiled and left. The pair walked into their room and were faced by a single bed. Rey sighed with a smile.

"Why am I NOT surprised? Cuddles granted."

He smiled as they changed into bedclothes.

"Moving up in the world."

"Cocky prick."

The pair set their gear by their respective sides of the bed and laid flat in it. Rey smiled as she snuggled up against her taller friend and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"Good night, Rey."

"even if it's early morning. Good night, Tyler."