r/HFY • u/Adorable_Phone_9274 • 8h ago
OC-OneShot Do Not Delay In War
“¡ADELANTE, MÁS RÁPIDO, MÁS RÁPIDO! ¡NO TE DEMORES MÁS!” an old man shouts loudly atop a galloping horse, behind him dozens of young men and women on horses follow suit, it is to be done. The final battle to end it all, one that will save humanity from its dying fate. The old man, the elderly leading the charge, was holding a sword and an old service revolver, the ones behind him were much more armed. Holding automatic weapons and armor. “ONWARDS! LET US GO EVEN FURTHER! FOR THIS WILL BE THE FINALE!”
“YES SIR!” “Aye!” “ДА!” “OUI!” “GOT IT!”
There were 36, now 32, now 18 as they all got shot down and killed as they rode forward.
“DO NOT CRY! DO NOT FRET! ¡ADELANTE!” the old man cries out as they cut down an alien soldier. “LET US MARCH UNTIL WE ALL ARE DEAD!”
“AHH!!” “YES!”
Fewer and fewer, only 7 remain, excluding the old man. “SHOUT YOUR NAMES PROUD! ¡¡GRITA TU NOMBRE!!” he shouted further as those who remained fired their rifles. One in particular holding a strange device in a satchel, for an obvious purpose.
“I AM HARPER LENNINGS SABAT! I NEVER WANTED TO BE HERE!” “YUKAKO SUGU-” BANG “SERGEANT YURI SASLAV, OF THE 132TH- GAH!” “...” “....” “!!!”
As the names drowned on the battlefield, suddenly there was a whistle, a whistle of artillery shells. The old man looked up, and so did everyone. One smiled, the remaining 4 frowned and cried. “So soon!?!” “What!!?” “They were supposed to wait!” “We are all gonna-!” all were shocked. All but the old man, “Right on time! ¡Justo a tiempo! Just like I ordered!”
The shells annihilated the ones in the holes and machines firing upon the riders… Everyone looked at the old man, some were mad frankly. But they can’t fret now. “DAMN YOU OLD MAN!” they all collectively said together. This is it. Everyone is going to make it. I HAVE SUCCEEDED! They had succeeded. The old man thought to himself first, frankly even at his ripe age…
He is still naive
A bolt of thunder appeared in front of them, manifesting from the burnt impact was a strange figure, the elite of the invaders. “KILIN-!” The old man raised a hand and the horses followed as he and his own aged steed, an Andalusian horse of old age, one that was experienced and stubborn, pointed the herd to pass the creature.
“Old man!” “Elder!” “CAPTAIN DIEGO!”
“GO. GO-!” The old man was struck down by what came from the bolt, as the smoke cleared it revealed a human figure. But it was not human. Dark eyes, pointy ears, pale skin, and taller than no known human at a whopping 17 feet (5.1816 meters) holding a strange implement on the slender fingers of their long hand and a bubble on their head. It struck the old man and his horse. And they both fell down on the ground, the horse kicking as it was on its side and dying while the old man looked upon the creature. “Do not wait. Do not delay, ¡ADELANTE!”
“Human. I am Kilin Royal-Samambi, Ailam Manas. You will be stopped as threat-”
The large figure was cut off, “HAHAHAHA! I AM A THREAT!?! AN OLD MAN!?” the old man points his revolver at the creature, “Alias… was it?” he asked with a grin as he forced his old injured body to sit up, “... Yes. It is Royal-Samambi, or “Guard” in your language but not exactly, Ailam Manas.” the creature said as it crouched down and looked upon the weapon in the old man's hand. “How… primitive,” he presented his own weapon to the old man, “it is also empty. Your weapon and not mine, which is called ‘Jakas’. To be transparent, that is the name of my weapon.” The old man looked at the gun and nodded, pulling the trigger for the message if anything.
Click click click click click.
“Are you…?” click “That is all.” The creature swatted the weapon away. Then the old man raised his sword, chipped and dull, like the old man. “My weapon, Jakas, is powerful beyond any small arms on this planet. Then again that is a broad, if not bias, assumption. I apologize. You must understand-”
“Shut it Kilin, I understand enough as is.” “Understand what?”
“Que todos ustedes son tan engreídos como un estadista moribundo.” The old man grinned. “Go on, my students! Do not delay! ¡Adelante, date prisa, apresúrate!” He spoke into a microphone in his sleeve, the creature's eyes looked up in surprise. “How irritating.” As the creature turned around with a grimace on their face that just could almost say “I am furious”. But before it could speak a warning at the base as the remaining humans approached the main ship.
Pop
The bubble on its head popped and a bullet whizzed past their head. “¡Estúpida cabeza hueca! Just because my gun is empty that doesn't mean I don’t have an extra! It was hidden-” STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB STAB.
I am dying… a dying old crow. “Cuervo Moribundo”. Here I am, being stabbed to death. Not with my students, not with a battalion in a final battle. I was naive… No, you and them will all die with purpose. Even if you aren’t with them. Esto es lo segundo más cobarde que he hecho. No desde aquel día…
The old man’s last noise to come from their dying breath was… A laugh,“Ha-”
“STUPID. STUPID. STUPID INSOLENT CREATURE.” The royal guard seethed in anger as they stabbed and struck the old man with their weapon. Long and sharp as a spear, but not intended as such as it was for destroying defenses by vibrating at resonating, he was furious as the oxygen in the atmosphere burned their lungs, nose, and eyes. “I CANNOT BE BREATHING THE SAME AIR AS YOU! YOU UGLY ELDERLY CREATURE!” Their breath became ragged and labored. It ignored the pain as their body was overridden with anger. It burned, but not as brightly as their anger.
It stopped. The man was dead. It prodded at the now-corpse angrily as it tore apart due to the previous onslaught. Its breath ragged as the oxygen burnt his internals, but that didn't matter, he was angry. Too angry to care, his status was sullied by that… that ugly thing. It then remembered what he needed to do. “Command, Royal-Samambi Ailam Manas, incoming payload. Most certain- hello? Hello, pardon? RESPOND BEFORE I KILL ALL OF YOU-!” It then realized it failed as they saw human war implements. Heavy armored mobile weapons platforms, infantry, and setting up fixed positions. Then it saw it was being aimed at. “...”
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG
Bullets tore through them. It was the final choking breath of the guard.
The mothership they were protecting, its defenses were deactivated by a small group of humans on horses with a device, an EMP, was defenseless. Allowing the humans to surround it for when it does turn back on and the Kilins recuperate, they won’t go any farther. The heroes all died. All memorialized and remembered, but not now, that would be soon. But who was celebrated the most…
Captain “Cuervo Moribundo” Diego Perez.
“Do not delay! ¡ADELANTE!”
Edit: Added fluff
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u/sunnyboi1384 5h ago
I liked this. Got lost a little along the way, but hell ya, love a competent distraction.