Arknights: Starsfall I

Chapter 1

"Reunion in the Union"

October 30, 2055 [ 1 hour till midnight ]

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A masked figure slowly came to, groaning in pain. His legs moved uncomfortably and he overall felt like shit. It was night time, the moon the only thing that appeared in the sky, followed by the lovely dance of lights above. He lets out a low moan, before turning over, and grabbing his sword, which was still near him, "God above... what the hell..?"

His hands on the grass, as he began to get up and look around. He heard groaning near him, and he felt a sigh of relief, seeing fellow Reunion members. He rushes over to them and began to slowly get them up, "Hey, hey, let's not black out now..."

He looked around more. Smelling and taking in any sights, "Looks like we are in some big forest... perfect for us," he helps a caster up, the person fixing her Mask as she looks around.

"Strange," she comments as she uses her Arts to begin waking up more people from their black outs. He walks to the edge of this park, slowly seeing the lights. Streetlights. They were in a city.

That... didn't seem right. He rushes back to the group, they all seem to be gearing up. "Hey guys, you all might wanna check this out..." he stops, seeing them getting into their formations, "What's... going on?"

A crossbowman shushed him, pointing at what looks like a structure with a rotunda. "Structure, think we could use that?" The melee soldier shrugged, looking at it himself. "It's large... probably has a lot of room, and looks pretty undefended... good for us."

He followed them as they began to go forward, the Casters telling their slugs to start going around and attacking anybody they could see, and going in the direction of a massive building that had a big plus sign on it, with the. Meanwhile, the main group approached the building. The melee man had a light turned on and he looked at a little sign, "Take a look at this. Historical Liberty Hall of the United States." He looks at a caster near him, the 2 let out a laugh as they stab and scratch the sign.

"United States, what a load of bullshit." He commented, looking at the sign again, "This looks like some Old Victorian here. Think this might be some old site of the Empire of Victoria?"

The caster shrugs, using her arts again, a few senior casters using the Originium that was about to be brought along with them, somehow whatever brought them there was polite enough to bring a lot of crystals and the senior casters along, to start infecting the nearby flora.

The melee soldier then used his sword to pry the door open, "Alright folks... let's set up shop."

Officer Karl

"This is dispatch, we have what looks like a large group of vandalizers in Liberty Hall. Units nearby please respond." Karl sighs, setting down his coffee, thoroughly finishing it. He grabs his shotgun and Glock-18 he turns on his lights only, approaching the park with several other patrol cars. As he stopped, he noticed other officers had already gotten out of their vehicles and was heading to Liberty Hall.

He steps near a fellow officer who had a riot helmet on, "What do you think it is?" The man sighed making sure his pepper spray was ready. "God knows, probably some Angsty teenagers or some crackheads who think America is a fraud."

"Knowing the internet," another officer began, loading his AR-15, "Both are probably possible." A light laugh went through them all, Karl shaking his head in amusement.

"Amen to that." The officers began to approach the open area in where liberty Hall rests, surrounded by the foliage that was slowly shedding from the Autumn weather. Suddenly, an officer took a step on something and immediately, arrows pierced his head and chest.

"SHIT!" Karl yelled taking cover behind a shrub as the other officers began to look around, "Dispatch we got an officer down!" As he yelled, another officer held up his shield, as a big guy in white clothing and a big mask approached. The officer moved to block an incoming swing, but failed, him getting crushed beneath the giant axe.

The other officers turned to him and began to open fire, firing off their semi-auto weapons as quick as they can. The giant man roared at the officers and sent his axe around and hit them in the midriff, sending them flying into a tree. Karl was not liking the situation.

"Weaklings..." the giant man near him says, effortlessly cutting down a few more officers, "They have guns like the Sankta, but they can't hurt me for shit, haha!" Growling, Karl racks his shotgun and begins to pump multiple 12 Gauge rounds into the big guy's back, which sends him down, yelling in pain.

"HEY!" He bellowed, "GET THAT CHUCKLEFUCK!" Karl heard more people come out, and he turned to open fire with his shotgun. Horrifyingly, they weren;t easily falling, as they seemed to have shields, and very good ones too.

Karl's weapons began to click, signifying that he was summarily out of luck. He turned around, the enemies sufficiently paralyzed. But more, with wierd crystals flying around him began to appear. Nah fuck that. He immediately thought, turning around and sprinting.

Running as fast as he ever had in his life for his Patrol Car, he gets in, starts the engine, and began to wail the sirens, "This is Victor 13! Heavily armed and dangerous hostiles are moving out of Liberty park! We are looking at a 10-29 Hotel! I repeat, a 10-29 Hotel!"

"This is Victor 91, we have unknown biological hostiles at Mercy Hospital, 11-99, get some help over here!"

"This is Victor 23, we have reported hostiles pushing north into the financial district, sound the sirens... SOUND THE SIR-" Karl winced as the radio cut out, his patrol car now blaring its lights as Civil Defense sirens began to roar throughout the city.

Karl began to scream out of the city, Civilians that were already on the road or were just now waking up due to the gunfire began to run, getting on buses and vehicles and trying to get out of the danger zone.

Which was rapidly spreading.

He saw an explosion rock a truck that was trying to leave, and he stepped on the gas. To his right, he saw SWAT teams move in, as well as the Fire Department doing what they can with the equipment they have. 2 Trucks and an Engine drove past him towards the danger zone. Their sirens alight as more and more people woke up and began to leave.

"This is the Philadelphia SWAT Commander, we need heavy support from any station, NOW!"

"This is Hunter 2-1, we read you, we're on the way."