//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: The Begining Of The End // Story: The True Land Of Nod. (C&C) // by TheMossiah //------------------------------// John watched as the bombers landed one by one. He noticed that some had failed to return. He began to move toward Kane's MCV hoping to start phase two of the plan. He entered and noticed Kane speaking to someone on the intercom. "How much longer for the Ion Cannon?... Good prepare it for firing. If we can't have this world no one can!" John waited for Kane to put down his intercom. "Ah, General you are here. Ready for the next step to our plan?" John nodded. "Yes I am ready. What is next?" Kane turned from him and brought up a 3D map. He circled an area close to the edge of the forest. "I want all remaining forces to set up a line of trenches and spots for our tanks to go hull-down. On my command we will fight them with everything we have. Artillery, flame tanks and... Redeemers. We have managed to construct 12 redeemers and have fit them with a more portable Ion cannon. To add to that we have also been able to swap the turrets of the remaining MARV's with a duel Obelisk. Prepare to move out general." With that Kane handed John a document. "Yes Kane, it will be done." John left the tent. He read over the document. "Nightscar and Chrysalis will command the Nod forces from the MARV's. We have managed to refit the turret and added a duel Obelisk tower. We have also added the necessary communication towers and doubled the armor. ~Nod Technician O-Brian" As he moved towards Chrysalis's MCV he noticed a Nod soldier infront of the entrance. "Halt in the name of Kane!" John began to stare daggers into the soldier. "Don't you know who I am? I am General Nightscar!" The soldier began to laugh. The sound of the laughter began to morph. "But I thought the name was John?" By now he knew it was Chrysalis. "I see you have learned some new tricks." The soldier glowed black and morphed into Chrysalis. "With all the power I have been getting It has allowed me to take the form of other species. At this rate I might be able to even take the form of a dragon!" She let out a quick laugh. John pulled out the document. "Here take this and prepare." Chrysalis's horn glowed green and picked up the document. She opened it and skimmed through it. She nodded and moved towards her appointed MARV. John entered his MARV. He pulled out the microphone and activated the loudspeakers. "Brothers! Prepare for the final assault! Soon we move out to prepare trenches and traps from the GDI scum! Peace through Power!" Changelings and humans alike raised their weapons or jumped in the air raising their hooves. John will finally end the GDI scourge... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniels pulled the firehawk to a full stop and hovered to the ground. He knew he had to deliver the news of Canterlots destruction. He stepped out of the firehawk, Rainbow Dash also departed the aircraft. He noticed that all the GDI soldiers were saluting. Oh right... I'm the second highest ranking officer... He saw Director Boyle move out of the crowd with a new uniform in his arms. It was a uniform fit for a general. "Daniels, we are sad to see Parker leave us in this time of war. These men need a new leader. Welcome general Daniels." Boyle handed Daniels the uniform. Boyle gave off a quick salute and moved for his bunker. Daniels looked at the soldiers. They all had the look of determination. They had accepted Daniels as their leader. "Well then. Soon we inflict the final blow! Soon we charge into that Nod base and make them pay! Pay for what they have done to Earth! Pay for what they have done to Parker!" The soldiers dropped their salutes and began to cheer. "For Earth! For Parker! For GDI!" The soldeirs continued this cheer for a good five minutes. Daniels turned his head to Rainbow Dash and motioned her away from the crowd. They began to look for the Princesses and the remaining elements. After about 10 minutes of rounding them up he prepared to break the news. They all circled Daniels curious to what he had to say. "Well as you know, some bombers were able to get past our defenses." Twilight raised a hoof. "What is a "Bomber"? Is it some sort of machine they use?" Daniels turned to Twilight. "A bomber is an aircraft which is designed to drop explosives or other manner of weapons from a high altitude." Twilight nervously nodded. "Well... We were not fast enough to intercept all the bombers..." The ponies in the room gasped except Rainbow Dash. They turned to see why she had not been surprised. Then she spoke up. "I was there. The "bomber" things dropped huge metal things the exploded killing almost everyone. And if that wasn't bad, another couple of them dropped containers of this green crystal all over the place!" Twilight shook her head. "But why drop crystals? There already is some much in that huge cave underneath Canterlot!" Daniels eyes went wide. He began to piece everything together. They dropped Tiberium into Canterlot after breaching the caves! That means they want it to spread there. "How large is the caves?" Twilight shrugged and grabbed a book. "Ah, here. The cave is about 2 miles long and could fit all of Equestria's ponies down there!" Daniels came to the conclusion. "If they're doing what I think they're doing we need to stop them NOW!" The Princesses stopped their grieving. "What are they going to do?!" They both asked furiously. Daniels didn't want to add to the chaos they were dealing with but he knew he couldn't lie in front of the element of honesty. "I believe they are going to signal the... The Scrin. I think they believe they are outmatched and will try to take everything with them." All the ponies in the room tilted their heads. Princess Celestia spoke again. "What are the Scrin?" Daniels dropped his head. "The Scrin are the ones who attacked earth. They were the ones who killed my squad mates that I told you about. They are bent on totally covering a world in Tiberium then consuming it. They are signaled when a large amount of Tiberium detonates. It is how Nod tricked them into our world before." The Princess began to regret asking. "Hmmm, Twilight you are skilled with magic yes? Twilight nodded. "Are you able to cast an invisibility spell?" Twilight nodded again. "I can but It has to be close to me." Daniels nodded. "Then you will sit in the cockpit of my firehawk while I scout their base. I have to be sure they are going to do this. Lets hurry!" Twilight nodded and they both entered the firehawk. "Ok, I will cast the spell... Now!" The bubble of matter extended around the ship. It worked. "Good then we must no fall behind. Lets go." Daniels lifted off the ground and took off towards the base. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John was motioning the massive Ion cannon wielding tank outside the walls with his venom. The tank went to a complete stop and started to aim the weapon at the location of Canterlot. "Good. How much longer until the weapon finally cools down?" The technician climbed down from the tank. "It will be another four hours until it will be at max capacity." John nodded to himself inside the cockpit and flew off. As he flew towards the front lines he noticed the Ion cannon begin to brightly glow light blue. He smiled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniels Could see the base now. It was huge. Last time he had seen it, it was only just grass. Now it was surrounded with huge walls and a huge chunk of the forest was gone. He squinted at what he saw next. It was an Ion cannon. It seemed to be supported on a massive tank-like vehicle. He had to destroy it. "Cover your ears this is going to be loud!" Daniels switched on his Air to ground missiles and locked on the tank. He flipped up the safety for the firing mechanism and fired. Two missiles sailed towards the vehicle. To Daniels surprise they hit and did... Nothing. The armor was too think for even the extremely powerful anti-tank missiles of the firehawk. By now Nod forces had spotted the now visible firehawk. "GDI aircraft!" Nod SAM sites activated firing large amounts of missiles. "Not today Nod." Daniels quickly turned the firehawk and went to full throttle. Once again firing the "Darkboom" And to his surprise the shock wave destroyed the chasing missiles. Twilight was in awe being so close the phenomenon that Daniels could create. As they flew back he noticed a massive clearing just before the edge of the forest. He saw thousands of humans and changelings alike working together to build a wall of trenches, SAM sites and areas to let their scorpion tanks to go hull-down. "Is- is that them?" Twilight said as she peered down toward the massive blockade of soldiers and machines alike. It wasn't the soldiers themselves that scared him. It was the sheer amount of redeemers he saw that struck fear into him. He shook it off and continued for the base. He needed the Princesses to open one last portal, but this time in space... Daniels and Twilight stepped out of the firehawk and were meet by the Princesses. "Daniels what did you find?" Princess Celestia hoped he didn't find what he was looking for. "I found out they have an Ion cannon, that confirms my suspicion. They are in fact attempting to contact the Scrin invasion force. But we can stop it. Princesses do you thing you could open an entrance portal in Earth's orbit and an exit portal in this planets orbit?" Princess Celestia nodded. "It can be done. Why would you ask such a thing? I suspect you have a plan." Daniels opened a holographic map on his firehawk. "I need you to bring through our Orbital Ion Cannon. With it we can destroy their Ion cannon and stop them from blowing the Tiberium. You must hurry though!" The Princesses nodded and dematerialized back to Earth. Daniels quickly ran to the defensive line of GDI soldiers. "Men! Today we fight back the Nod menace! Prepare to attack!" The soldiers gave a quick cheer and scrambled to prepare. Daniels began to make strategic formations. The remaining 50 juggernauts he had in a line formation with mammoth and predator tanks in front to block incoming fire. Orca's and firehawks prepped their weapons to quickly bomb run the Nod positions. Finally GDI's super weapons were here. Mammoth MK.II's had finished production. They only had 5 but it would have to do. "You have 1 hour! Then we charge!" Once again the troops cheered and continued to prepare. Daniels waited in the command tent waiting for the Princesses return.