"The demigods have arrived sir. Do we proceed?" said the operator.
"Let them be seated first." ordered the general.
"Arcadius is being quite the cautious man."
"Today is an important day for him and his wife."
"Sir, he's too close now. He will see that those men are not the ministers."
"Let him come closer. I don't want this mission to end in a failure."
"But sir!"
"Shut it!"
"Arcadeus knows! Arcadeus knows!" shouted another operator.
"Open fire! Open fire! Kill all of them now!"
"They're retreating! They're exiting the building."
"Move in the hover tanks! I want that building surrounded!"
"The .62 cals are in position. We do not have the target in sight."
"I don't care! You open fire on that building NOW!"
"Squadron seven is moving in and they are firing."
"Are we fucking hitting anything?"
"The demigods seem to have brought a shielder sir. We're focusing fire now."
"Collapse the building."
"What?"
"You heard me! Collapse the building. Not one of them will walk out of here alive, do you hear me?"
"Squadron four, your are now ordered to collapse the building. I repeat, collapse the building."
"Roger that sir" replied the squad leader.
"There is now word that their shields are faltering. Sir, if we take them alive then we can..." said the operator.
"There will be no prisoners. Arcadeus and Tasia will die," the general interrupted.
"Sir, the building is about to collapse, shall we get the squads to fall back?"
"Do it. The moment that building is collapsed I want them to continue firing towards their general direction. Whoever is keeping up the shield surely can't hold it up forever."
"She's been hit!" shouted a squad leader.
"Who's been hit?" yelled the general.
"Tasia sir! We got her!" The general started to laugh.
"The old boy is going to kill whoever was holding that shield up."
"Sir, it was Tasia who was shielding."
"Well then. The woman did all the work. Let's see what the men are capable without her."
"TASSSIIIIAAAAAA" Arcadeus's voice boomed through everyone's comm.
"We are falling back!" yelled a squad leader.
"Don't you dare! Fire! They are not immortals!" roared the general.
"Sir, the screen. Look."
Arcadeus was kneeling beside Tasia's dead body. An orb of white light floated out of her chest. Arcadeus covered his eyes from its blinding power but then forced himself to look at it. He was perplexed by the orb and before he knew it his arms stretched out towards it, touching it. The orb suddenly merged with his body and Arcadeus let out a roar. Before anyone realised, they had all stopped firing to watch. Arcadeus looked around him with focused eyes. He then kissed his wife and stroke her hair one last time.
"Fire! I want Arcadeus dead!"
"Sir the screen!"
"Fuck the screen!"
"SIR!"
"WHAT!?"
Later that day...
An explosion erupted in the middle of the building. A radius of 5 kilometers was affected. The operating team and general in command were all within a 3 kilometer radius. The area was burned to ash. Scientists are speculating Arcadeus was the source of the explosion. There were no demigods found within the area after the event. Further speculations are that Arcadeus absorbed Tasia's powers and shielded himself and his men from the explosion and escaped with one of the demigods with the ability of flight. Reinforcements were at the scene half an hour later. What happened within these 30 minutes can only be speculated. Apart from the direct recording from the operators hub that was linked to the region's government offices all other evidence has been destroyed.
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