A Battle Unseen

[hyraemous]

[Etxea, Presidental Office Cabinet Meeting, May 5631 0900 Hours]

Slabodan racked his Ak-47 as he radioed in with his other men, "Everything planted and ready to go?"

"Copy that Comrade, we eliminated the 3 patrolling guards, everything's a go."

The facility was a fortress, a barbed wire fence with an inlaying concrete wall, guard towers and constant patrols, they had to use the few silencers they had and send their best men in alone to take out the guards, none of the paramilitary greenhorns they had could pull it off, but despite the odds the veteran agents who'd come across the border succeeded, and they had killed many, many men before.

Slabodan turned to his 4 compatriots, "Comrades, prepare yourselves, now we strike at the heart of the kabal and kill this degenerate filthy Tiberius, for Lazar and Sladek!" the men cheered in unison as Slabodan radioed the order to detonate

All at once 4 explosions rocked the facility as smoke clouds rose covering their storming of the concrete wall, the previous fence cut through already. Slabodan and his men rushed inside as aides, limo drivers and guards frantically stood around to assess the scenario. Him and his men began unloading their assault rifles full auto into the guards as sporadic fire was returned, but they were shaken by the explosion ears ringing and could hardly take heed of the disaster unfolding for them. Three guards in front were torn to shreds 2 dozen allies of his from the flanks continued rushing in blazing away, grenades flying and blasting apart civilian and army personnel alike. "Pyotr you good!?" Slobodan turned and saw him face down leaking blood like a faucet, the back of his head turned outward like an exploded can. He'd seen death before, but having a comrade die was never easy, Slobodan turned angrily and saw fleeing aides and waitresses with drivers running frantically, screaming as he shot all he could callously, his comrades likewise showed no mercy. He saw 4 soldiers rush into an armored car as they attempted to get the turret functioning, but too late after another fanatic shot it with an RPG screaming in triumph as he saw them dismounting covered in blood and on fire, only to be mowed down.

Slabodan rushed forward shouting orders as they began storming inside the building, they fought room to room inside the facility losing some men in the process, but their overwhelming momentum and numbers carried the day as dozens of soldiers and civilians were wantonly slaughtered in an orgy of revenge and anger, they were all traitors and the death they received now was a mercy compared to what they deserved. Slabodan, eyes red bulging with fanatic resolve turned and flipped a table to find an female aide in a skirt trembling underneath who screamed in terror as he yanked her from the floor by her ponytail

"P-please don't kill me! I have a f-family I swear I won't do anything, please g-god dont kill me!" Slabodan smacked her across the face to the floor, "SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU TRAITOROUS BITCH!" 4 of his fellow men rushed inside, Slobodan turned to them and threw them a cellphone, "Go on lads, show the world what happens to scum like this, I've got a rendezvous in the presidents office." They all smiled laughing as one pulled a knife, Slabodan ran out the room towards the main office while bloodcurdling screams went on behind him

He ran inside only to find it empty with half a dozen random cabinet members scattered dead on the floor, a few legionnaires were cutting ears off the bodies for trophies and taking selfies with the bodies. "Fuck, wheres Tiberius, did anyone see him!?" The men all shook their heads, "Comrade he must have evacuated before we got inside, we saw a helicopter taking off earlier but it didn't go down from our shots, fucker was too fast and too far." Slabodan groaned, "Find whatevers useful from this mess, take all the documents, and keep the blood off them!" He ruffled through random sheets shoving them into duffel bags, when one came across his eye that caught his attention. Written in bold font on top, 

Government Defense Paper : On The Safety and Continuity of Government.

Slabodan briefly read the document eyes widening, and hurriedly put it into the bag, gesturing to his men it was time to leave. The mission was a bust, they hadn't managed to kill the upstart traitor president, but at least they had something to leak to the public.

It was a normal day in Jildrati City.

Well... as normal as a city still recovering from a major war, still rebuilding, still finding an identity.

President Tiberius Claudius Nero and his cabinet were meeting at the Presidential Office Building facing the shore of the Artanian Sea. The building was secure, constant patrols had ensured it's security alongside various other measures. But the building was old, somehow left unscathed from the war, so they couldn't do much to rebuild and add new measures.

But that was decades ago.

The cabinet meeting was going well, there were discussions on new housing plots, progress reports on public transportation infrastructure, and foreign affairs reporting. 

On the ground, the guards were marching and looking around.

Suddenly, the building shook. Smoke rose quickly as guards began to fire towards the smoke. The alarm went off inside the building but some guards were shot dead or immobilized. The people outside ran, mainly towards the exit, but some stood. Yet all were shot at. 

Guards and soldiers inside kept firing yet they were also getting injured or killed off. Doors were locked up with barricades in side rooms, guards and officeworkers there at the ready incase the intruders had managed to enter those rooms. Some injured were carried or had managed to crawl to other side rooms where they would be tended to. Yet many were immobilized and would lay there bleeding to death.

This carnage went off for a couple of minutes, though it felt like hours. Luckily, though, the guards had managed to down one of the intruders. Explosions rang when an armored car exploded sending shrapnel throughout the side of the building. Then came the guts. Some windows were already hollowed out from the explosion so many people on some side rooms were first sliced with shrapnel before being covered in human gore.

Of course the guards put up a great fight. Door to door, room to room, they had shot at and managed to kill numerous intruders. In fact, they had managed to delay things enough for some of the Cabinet and the President himself to hurry into the rooftop and onto a helicopter. The helicopters took off headed towards a military base.

Yet some Cabinet members couldn't make it. 

The intruders made it inside the Cabinet room just as several more Cabinet members were leaving. The Minister of Energy, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Health and Human Services, and the Minister of Justice were unable to leave in time. The Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Finance and the Treasury barely made it to the helicopters. 

Those who didn't make it, alongside some of their aides, were shot dead. Some of their ears were taken.

At least the President was safe. He and the rest of the Cabinet that managed to make it held an emergency meeting at a secure military base. The President commanded soldiers to retake the building and immediately two tanks, many armored cars, armored vehicles, and helicopters headed straight for the building. They arrived at the building and fired all they had on some of the intruders...

...but some managed to slip away.

The President ordered that military troops begin continuous 24-hour patrols at every government and military installation. All soldiers were ordered to their posts and all leave was cancelled. Every policeman and policewoman was also ordered to their posts with their leaves cancelled.

And all this time, social media exploded. Many feared the worst. 

The General of the Army, the Admiral of the Navy, and the Marshal of the Air Force, alongside the head of the Etxean Garrison Command, arrived at the military headquarters. Via a video link, they swore their allegiance to the President and to the Cabinet. They were commanded to meet with the President and prepare for a nationwide speech.

And thus it was.