Fallen Farmland (Cerberus and SpinningSpider)

[Cerberus]

The sun was shining and it seemed to be a wonderful day. The country of Emmeria had seen no problems even after the Ulysses 1994XF04 Asteroid. To the people on the Emmerian side all they had seen was shooting stars as it passed over them and landed in the neighboring country of Estovokia. They had gotten it much worse with a high death toll, their government collapsing and falling to a military government. Had the Emmerian government aided the creation of the Stonehenge project then perhaps things might of turned out differently.

Back In Gracemeria the day seemed like any other day, good weather forecasted for the day and nothing seemed to be of any trouble to a small little farm outside the city limits of Gracemeria. Suddenly rockets flew over head before dissapearing over the horizon where the city would be after a few minutes someone had come out side shouting. "The Bridge, They took out King's Bridge!" It wasn't long until tanks and troop carriers started to roll down the road. Toscha got out of the jeep and looked around as he checked his rifle. "Spread out, get those people back inside." The other soldiers nodded and started to crowd the people back into their houses. Toscha nodded and laughed abit. "Soon Gracemeria will be ours."

Vao yawned as he started to get up. pushing off his covers he looked down seeing his own mutt sleeping curled up. "really you steal all my blankets then sleep under the covers, really shadow get up." The dog just yawned and cracked open an eye at his master before curling up tighter. "Get up you lazy mutt, we have chores to do before the day can even get started." He just got dressed and pulled the dog off of the bed and headed outside to the back to start dealing with the animals.

 

[SpinningSpider]

Tira's eyes flew open and her lips parted in a gasp as she woke. She sat bolt upright and gazed wild eyed around the small room of the farm house. The dog had left her room early in the night it seemed, probably shortly after she fell asleep. She thought she had heard the roar of rockets, but the room and the rest of the farm was seemingly silent. It must had been a dream...With a slow sigh, Tira slid from the thin covers of her bed and she prepared to dress. Already she heard the thumping of her elder brother and her mother in the old house. Outside it was lovely and the sun was shining. The farm promised chores that required all three of their intense labor. Things had become difficult after Father had left.

Tira pushed such depressing thoughts from her mind and adjusted the skirt around her waist before she walked down stairs. There, her mother was busy cleaning up after breakfast. Some bread and milk was left on the table for Tira herself and her mother gave her a scolding look.

"You're late again. Your brother has already gone out to feed the animals," Layu said, scrubbing the dishes with a bit more vigor than necessary. Tira paused before snatching up her bread and moving to kiss her mother's pale cheek, only a few centimeters from the corner of her mouth.

"I'm sorry mother. I'll be up tomorrow, I promise," Tira said before hurrying out the door to step out into the frigid morning air to assist her brother.

 

[Cerberus]

Toscha looked at the road map then to his driver. "Up there along the hill, a small house, Lets go and see just who is living up there. The soldiers nodded and some got back into their jeep. Toscha got back in and they drove up the road. He checked his watch for a second before sitting back and enjoying the ride noticing the people mostly obeying orders from the Estovokian soldiers. The Jeep pulled up and the soldiers got out. He made a motion with his hand for his soldiers to wait outside. Some of them looked at Toscha while others walked around the house. Toscha waited outside and watched his soldiers. He turned down his radio for a second as it was starting to bother him. He walked up to the door and knocked on it. It was true that the enemy was on their front doorstep.

Leto then thought about it for a second and looked at Shadow. "Oh sorry boy come on lets let you go out back for morning bathroom. Sorry boy." He laughed and grabbed his shoes and slipped them on and headed to the back yard and let Shadow go and head out" Once shadow was done with his morning bathroom break he trotted back over to Leto and barked. Leto laughed and just patted him on the head. "Well time for breakfast so go lay down." He walked back through the sliding glass door and to the living room and sat down watching the news as he always did. He stopped when he heard the knocking on the door. "Wonder who that could be