Chapter 14
Tony, Dean and Sydney ran through the fields as fast as they could.
“Where is your golden ball?” Dean exclaimed at Sydney. “Why isn’t it protecting you now?”
“The robot guardian is part of the ship.” She answered while panting. “And it can’t activate until three days when it is recharged.”
“I am not sure this welcoming party will wait three whole days!” Just then bullets ran on them from the aircraft heavily. “What did I just say?!”
“They are not trying to kill us.” Tony panted while still being dragged by Dean. “They are just trying to stop us.”
“How’d you know?” Sydney asked in confusion.
“He intended not to harm us. The bullets are too far.”
“But we can’t keep running forever!” Dean cried in frustration.
Tony looked around until he saw a group of trees nearby.
“There!” he pointed at them. “This will help us hide!”
***
“The spies are headed towards the trees, sir.” The pilot said.
“Perfect.” Came Colonel Eberhard’s short answer.
***
The three of them darted through the trees.
“Let’s split up here.” Dean called firmly. “That will tire them. It will give one of us a chance to survive and return back to the ship later and activate the ball then-“
“The ship will only follow my lead.” Sydney interrupted sternly.
“Well, that means we have to stick together.” Tony sighed in frustration. “What if-“
Dean suddenly gripped his arm firmly, interrupting him.
“Wait.” he whispered, making the other two to look at him in worry and gestured for them to stay quiet. “Some of them are here.”
Even before he finished his sentence, they caught sight of movement between the trees.
“Fuck, they surrounded us.”
Dean looked helplessly at the three tanks that were making their way towards them through the fields, surrounded by armed soldiers.
The Nazis’ forces did surround them.
And there was no escape.
“Do you want my opinion?” Sydney looked at them with a raised eyebrow.
“Yeah.”
“What if we surrendered?”
“Surrendered?!” Dean muttered in shock.
“Are you out of your mind?” Tony whispered in anger. “Or is it the worst joke I have ever heard?”
“But it is the wisest thing to do right now. We are in daylight. The Germans are surrounding us. We are outnumbered and there is no chance to escape.”
Dean leaned towards her with a glare. “Do you have any idea what they will do to us if we fall into their hands?”
“Of course. But it will be way worst if we fell into their hands after fighting and resisting. We can convince them we are just three French, terrified citizens.”
“After they saw the ship?” Tony asked sharply.
“They will never find it. And no one can prove it is real. That will help our situation.”
Tony and Dean looked at each other silently for a few seconds then looked back at her with matching determined looks on their faces.
“You obviously don’t understand those people very well, Syd.” Dean started firmly. “They don’t waste their time to look for reasons or a proof of innocence. They just assume that you are guilty or a spy until proven otherwise. And since proving otherwise isn’t easy, and since they don’t value the non-German human life very much, they prefer to end that doubt with a faster and easier way.” Then he made his hand into a gun and pointed it at Sydney’s forehead. “A bullet to the head.”
Sydney just looked at him silently.
“Well, if death is inevitable, I prefer to die fighting.” Tony shrugged with a sigh.
Sydney turned her eyes towards him then straightened herself up. “Me too.” they both looked at her in surprise. “Dean obviously know more about them from Cas, so I will follow your lead.”
“Well, looks like we will fight back with our bare hands and-“
“Nope.” Sydney interrupted Tony while pulling something from her pocket. She opened her palm and they saw five small balls, each one with different color. “We have weapons that will be enough to fight back.”
“Are those made by me too?” Tony asked, looking at them curiously.
“Not really. Those are made by my dad. Specifically for me.” She looked at the balls sadly for a second before gathering herself up. Tony looked at her contemplatively.
“So what with the whole talk about surrendering?” Dean asked angrily.
“You could say I was just testing your reactions and see if Steve rubbed off on you.” she smirked at them and they looked at her angrily.
“Anyway.” Dean stopped Tony who was about to say something to her. “I think I have a plan.”
***
Colonel Eberhard stood on the roof of the main building in the base, and gazed at the fields in front of him that ended far away with the area of thick, entangled trees.
“The siege is complete, sir.” One of his men said from beside him. “Our men surrounding the area of trees completely, and they are going through it, like you ordered.”
“And the others?” the colonel asked without looking.
“There is four tanks surrounding the place. And our fighting aircraft is still flying around the area and monitors any movement inside it.”
“The trees there are thick. The plane won’t be able to monitor anything.”
“Do we call it back, sir?”
The colonel was silent for a few seconds then answered firmly. “Not yet.”
The officer went silent then spoke again carefully : “I am sorry, sir, but aren’t we overreacting a little with dealing with only three suspects?”
“This is not your business!” The colonel shouted at him sternly. “I have my reasons.”
***
Meanwhile, the Germans were tightening the siege further and further while their Captain gestured with his hand.
“Get closer. And don’t shoot. We need them alive and figure out who sent them. And tell the tanks to get through the forest from four directions, we will not give them a chance to escape.”
The tanks began to move between the trees, while the soldiers got closer and closer and the plane flew around the area.
“The trees are obstructing my view.” The pilot said through the radio. “I will try to get lower, maybe I will be able to see something.”
Confusion filled the soldiers when the siege got smaller and smaller until they could see the other soldiers from the other side clearly with no sign of the three spies. The captain stopped and looked around carefully.
“Spread out. We must have missed them. This time shoot without warning.” He ordered firmly.
The pilot then, got closer to the trees tops.
“Everything looked quiet. I don’t hear shooting, which means our men still-“
He cut himself off as he stared at a spot between the trees, Dean emerged suddenly from it and threw one of the five balls at the plane shouting : “Go to hell, you son of a bitch!”
The ball hit the plane’s tail and exploded violently then the plane fell towards the fields. At the same time, Sydney threw a ball between the soldiers while Tony threw a third one between the space of one of the tanks and the soldiers.
The second ball exploded and released a thick cloud of smoke, while the third one exploded releasing a bright light that blinded the tank’s crew.
Dean, Tony and Sydney jumped down from the trees while covering their eyes and noses.
And it became a blind battle.
Bullets were being shot everywhere, punches and kicks were delivered without recognition.
Since they knew their target, the three of them darted towards the tank directly, guided by the bright light from the third ball.
Before the crew of the tank regained their vision, the three jumped on them from three different directions, with a previously prepared plan. Sydney jumped on its front and kicked the machine gun soldier, Tony punched the soldier at the rear gun, while Dean jumped on the crew inside, breaking the first’s nose, throwing the second from the tank and kicking the third in his jaw.
In a record time, the three of them cleared out the tank from its crew.
“Looks like Castiel’s lessons are doing you good, Metal Head.” Dean commented with a grin.
“Apparently, yes it did.” Tony grinned back as he and Sydney got inside the tank.
“Anyone of you can drive this thing?” Sydney asked anxiously.
“I think I am the man for this job.” Dean jumped on the driving seat.
The smoke was clearing out and the bright light was diminishing while the German captain was shouting at his soldiers anxiously until he caught sight of one of the tanks driving away with its crew unconscious outside of it.
“The spies took over one of the tanks and are escaping with it!” he screamed with wide eyes. “Stop them!”
Bullets rained behind the tank while Dean drove it with high speed.
“Do you think there is any hope of getting out of this?” Dean exclaimed nervously.
“Just go, we have no other choice.” Tony called back anxiously.
***
“Those spies are using strange weapons we never saw before, Colonel.” The captain called through the radio. “They let out clouds of smoke, a bright light that blinded us then they took over one of the tanks and are trying to escape with it.”
The colonel heard the news with wide, surprised eyes.
“Strange weapons? Clouds? Bright light?” he muttered in confusion. “Looks like the situation is getting more dangerous in every passing second.” He thought for a few seconds then turned to the officer. “Send four aircrafts after that tank and tell them to deal with it directly.”
“You mean-“
“Yes, I want them to blast it with its crew. Without warning.”
***
“Three tanks behind us, guys.”
Dean reported in worry as he drove the tank towards another group of trees up ahead. Tony and Sydney turned towards the three tanks.
“They are driving it expertly.” Tony murmured while furrowing his brows. “And no doubt their leaders made their calls and closed off all the routs in our faces, and we only have two grenades and one machine gun inside the tank.”
“And the other two balls.” Sydney added while pulling them out.
“What your balls are going to do now? Are they going to release a fire breathing dragon or a volcano?” Dean called in frustration.
Sydney just smiled, taking one of the balls then putting the silver one back in her pocket. “You’ll see.”
Then she threw it towards the tanks.
***
The ball darted towards the first tanks, and was getting bigger until it was the size of a soccer ball.
They shot at the ball heavily.
Then it exploded.
Releasing a huge ball of fire, which darted towards the three tanks while getting bigger and bigger, until it became the size of a two story house, in a sight that shook the crew of the three tanks and they screamed in terror.
The fire ball consumed them mercilessly.
And three explosions sounded inside the fire ball that changed into a huge black cloud of smoke, leaving the remains of the tanks behind.
***
“Your dad made that?!” Tony exclaimed with wide eyes after he watched the scene.
Sydney just nodded with a small, proud but sad smile.
“This is fucking genius! I already like him!”
“He likes you too.” she murmured quietly and sadly to herself as she felt a bang of longing and sadness inside her.
“What does the silver one do?” Tony asked, eyes lightened up curiously.
Before Sydney could answer Dean interjected.
“We have an attack coming from the air, guys!”
***
“From the fleet to the base, we have eyes on the target.” The captain of the four planes called through the radio. “We need a confirmation on shooting it directly.”
“Do it.” The colonel’s voice came sternly.
“Roger that.”
He gestured to his three partners, and they all descended on the tank, that was darting with high speed towards the group of trees.
“Fire in 5…4…3…2…1..0”
They all fired at once, their bullets hit the tank in different places, and then they threw their grenades at the same time.
The tank exploded violently.
The explosion crushed the tank completely.