Rain of Bloody Apocalypse
The Never Ending Quest - Episode 74282
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On the hills above the Gaian capital of Arcadia, the Falstadt Army was
forming in a black swarming mass of men, tanks and planes. "My soul hungers for battle," exclaimed the Falstadt Emperor, a man known only as Catastrophe, as he stood atop a 100,000 ton Megatank. He swept out his hand in the direction of Arcadia as his crimson cloak fluttered in the wind. "For too long the vile matriarchy of Gaia has opposed my plans for total domination. Today their filthy way of life shall cease to exist and the great and total Reconstruction of all life on this sphere shall begin. Soldiers of Falstadt, attack without mercy! Kill, ravage and despoil all that you see in the name of your Emperor!! " He was answered with a great roaring cry as the Falstadt Army surged forward, the ground shaking at the Megatanks' advance, as flights of Predator fighter-bombers hurtled through the skies over Arcadia. The air defense batteries hidden throughout the city came to life, blasting Predator after Predator out of the sky, some exploding in spectacular fireballs in mid-air, others plunging downward to explode among the gardens and pallisades of Arcadia. And then the Predators loosed their deadly payload of sub-atomic bombs, turning the entire ten thousand mile radius of the city into a burning conflagration...
Astra heard explosions and bolted upright. Women were running around and screaming and alarms were going off throughout the city. Through the windows all she could see was a massive wall of flame, so high she could practically feel the heat washing over her from this distance. She placed a hand on her stomach and felt fear for the first time in her life - not for herself, but for the unborn life inside her, even created as it was by the unholy witchcraft of Gaian science. "Everyone, dont panic!" the technician in the labcoat was yelling. "We're going to follow standard evacuation procedures and proceed downstairs to the underground shelters in an orderly fashion! Everything is going to be allright! Have faith in the Over Power!! The Over Power will protect us!!"
"Over Power!!" cried one of the generals, falling at her Over Power's feet. "The Falstadt Army is attacking! They have already destroyed 35% of Arcadia with their sub-atomic bombs and their Megatanks are occupying the western sector as their men commit horrible atrocities!! Please protect us! Our lives are in your hands!!" "I see," nodded the Over Power as she stood up. "It appears I must again protect my people. So be it." A halo of blazing light formed around the Over Power as she hovered into the air. "Pity the invaders, for they shall perish to a man. Arcadia shall turn into their funeral pyre and the Falstadt Emperor shall fall. Fight to the death, Gaians! Show no fear before the merciless attacker, for I your Over Power is with you." And with that she shot into the air, bursting through the ceiling and dissapearing into the twinkling skies above...
Kirai Adel watched the annihilation below with disbelief. All of his training had not prepared him for the sheer destructive power of the sub- atomic bomb. His hands shook and his eyes filled with tears as he thought of the countless innocent lives lost in the city below. A strong suicidal urge filled him, a desire to end his own life in atonement for the crime he had just wrought. But then he thought of his little brothers and sisters enslaved in the acid mines of the Empire, and he knew that only by completing his mission and surviving could he ever make enough to buy their freedom. He had to survive. "Stay in formation!" instructed the voice over the radio. "Prepare to turn around and drop the second payload!" Suddenly there was a thud. Kirai looked up to see something even more unbelievable - a woman wearing only a short skirt standing in front of the cockpit of his Predator. "The game ends here, Falstadt dog!" the woman sneered, tearing away the cockpit glass and seizing Kirai by the throat. She slammed his head against the control panel and tore him bodily out of his seat to throw him out of the plane. Falling, Kirai watched helplessly as the woman, hovering in mid-air, picked up his entire plane and hurled it at his flight wing, the Predators colliding and exploding in mid-air. "She's... beautiful," Kirai thought for some reason, tugging at the cord of his parachute before his overstressed consciousness failed him and everything went black...
The technician was herding the women and children into an elevator to take them down to the underground shelter extending hundreds of miles below the earth. Astra gulped and thought about her situation. Following the others to the underground shelter meant safety - but also a continuation of her imprisonment. Now was her chance to escape amidst the chaos and destruction.
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