"I can't believe that an entire town was abandoned... Some crazy shit must of happened!" Rupert exasperated as he and his military group, plus the General, walked through thick forestry and dirt. The mission was simple enough, find the Abandoned town, make sure it's safe and take anything deemed important.
"Language Price. It isn't lunch time, you're on duty right now, Think about that." General scolded Rupert despite how far in front he was, how the hell had he even heard him?... Huffing a little, Rupert turned his attention to the, strangely silent, pilot that was next to him. Good old Charles Calvin, a blast to work with.
"Charles, you agree right? How freaky it all is?" Rupert asked as he fiddled with his gun, don't worry, the safety is on, for now. When all he got was silence in response, Rupert nudged an elbow into Charles side. "Huh?-" that got the Pilots attention. "What's wrong with you? You're all... Quiet." Charles blinked before a look of realization hit him.
"Oh!- hahaha um.. nothing. Just.. got a really bad feeling you know?.. About this mission?..." Charles chuckled nervously, looking around him suspiciously. Rupert made an agreeing sound. "Finally someone that agrees with me!" Charles smiled awkwardly in response. Suddenly, the group came to a halt and the general turned around to face everyone.
"Alright Men, behind these last bit of trees is the town. Remember, this town has not been looked into, we know little about it and danger could be anywhere. Got that?" "Yes General Sir!"
Charles was strangely anxious, really anxious... The building he was checking was big, old, empty... If he were attacked right now no one would know and he'd probably bleed to death, alone...
Charles shook his head. "Agh no! Shut up Charles. Your. Fine. What's wrong with me today..." Charles huffed and he continued to search through the house. The first floor was clear with nothing valuable, the second floor was the same. Charles was making his way down the stairs when he saw something... Peculiar. Peculiar as in, out of place.
There were crayon scribbles all over the wall right where the stairs were. Something that would be easily over looked when coming up. The thing that startled Charles a little was how fresh they looked. "Huh..." Charles said as he got closer, looking at them closely. They weren't scribbles, but instead a drawing of a stick figure with.. headphones going up the stairs...
"Wow what a.. terrifying coincidence." Charles laughed nervously. A creak behind him, caused Charles to swing around in fear, hand reaching for his pistol as he came face to face with- !
"W..what?..." Charles sputtered out as the person in front of him, the threat, was actually a small child. They looked about 10 ish, a black Toppat placed on unkempt black hair. Charles' brain processed this information... Slowly. However, when he understood that yes, he was in the middle of no where with his squad and yes a kid had shown up out of thin air!
"H-Hey buddy, how... How did you get out here?" Charles asked slowly, approaching the child cautiously, he didn't want to scare them. They blinked up at him, staring at him like he was the person who had just appeared. Their hands moved in a familiar way and Charles identified it as ASL. 'It was right.'
Huh? Wait what? "What do you mean bud? W-Who was right?" 'My Vision.' What?..
"Hey, look, I don't know where you came from but this place is dangerous. Let me take you back to my group alright?" That got a reaction, they shook their head and turned and ran off out the door. Charles shouted after them and gave chase.
"Hey! Wait! It's not safe!" Charles called out, trying to run through the tall grass was harder than he thought. The kid, who was a few ways away now, tripped suddenly and fell over. Charles stopped and immediately went over to help. "Aw buddy! are you ok? I told you it wasn't safe-"
"Get away from my grandson!!!" An angry voice yelled and Charles flinched, stumbling back. The kid got up and made their way over, to a man, a very familiar man! It was a past Toppat leader, Randy Radman!
All the yelling had attracted Galeforce and Rupert over to Charles, who was still staring at the older former Toppat leader and the kid hiding behind Randy, holding on to his bright pink coat.
"I knew the damned Toppats were involved somehow..." Rupert growled, pointing his gun at Randy.
Randy simply retorted "Didn't anyone teach you to watch your language infront of the elderly and children? And I haven't been in the clan in a good several years."
Rupert continued to glare as General Galeforce gave the order to stand down, clearing his throat before speaking. "Excuse Mr Price's language, his tongue can be quite foul, but he is a good soldier."
"Mr Radman, if you or the child know what happened here, it could be of great importance to us. An entire town disappearing is not normal by any means."
Randy found himself sitting down in the grass as he replied "Little Tin knows what happened here, I just came by because Tin texted me that bad things happened and everything was taken and that men in green were coming and he was scared."
Randy turned to Tin "I know the Government is usually not our friends here, but you need to tell the General everything that happened. I'm here for you if they try anything funny."
Tin nodded his head, adjusting his hat as he faced Galeforce, Rupert and Charles and started signing.
"The CCC took everyone here away, including my dads. They... they took everyone, then they cleaned out the buildings and houses to make it look like no one lived here. Dad told me to hide so I didn't get caught, that I needed to text my granddads or my grandpa when things were quiet."
Tin pointed at Charles before continuing "I saw you in a vision of the future, coming up the stairs. Since I was alone, I drew what I saw on the walls while I waited for grandpappy."
Galeforce spoke up "Did you happen to hear any of the CCC people talk about where they were taking everyone or did you atleast see what direction they left at?"
Galeforce knew these were probably tough questions for a small boy who had his fathers snatched away from him alongside so many other people.
Tin thought for a minute as he looked at the town before turning around and pointing to a dirt road. Rupert walked to the road and back as he said "It looks to be several van tracks sir, pretty fresh too."
Galeforce took out his walkie talkie as he spoke to Randy "You and your grandson should get somewhere safe, I am about to call in alot of people to handle this. I will atleast make you the promise that no Toppats will be arrested, with all this happening, getting these people home safely is far more important."
Randy nodded his head as he picked Tin up "Thank you, General. I'll give you the number to my phone so that you can call or text us when you rescue everybody. And do be safe out there, the CCC is no joke."
Galeforce, Charles and Rupert watched Randy and Tin walk away, with Tin giving a small wave before hugging Randy. Galeforce wasn't sure what going against the CCC was like, but he was making sure his men were more then ready.
