We Are Now In Control

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It was a beautiful day in Pigletville, the sun was shining onto the Thomas Complex as a man walked through the crowd of people gathered and toward the Ministria Tower. He had a laptop in his hands and was wearing glasses. He opened the doors to the apartment complex and proceeded to the elevator. He pressed the button and waited as it came down from one of the higher floors. He rubbed the back of his neck and looked around at the small lobby of the complex. The elevator doors opened and out stepped Chancellor Burns and her two aides, May Leng and Oliver Bennovio. The trio was escorted by a group of Ministry Hands and they nodded on their way past the man. The man disregarded them and got into the elevator. Floor 16. He pressed the appropriate button and waited until he reached the floor. He quickly exited the elevator, shooting past a maid on the way to a room. He grabbed the key from his jacket pocket and opened the door to a room. Upon entry, he took off his jacket and turned on the laptop. He quickly typed in the password and opened a program, showing the masked face of a woman with short black hair and red lipstick. "Ah, Agent Eclipse, just in time, the announcement of GusNet: Sovereign's release date is in just a few minutes! We shall soon have our external associates allied against the woman who is Alicia Burns. We shall soon have control over the Thomas Complex, and more importantly, the Monarchy from right under the control of Burns and Charles, haha," she said, a grin coming across her face.

The laptop pinged him and he suddenly switched to a live feed of the Ministry of Information trio in front of a large crowd. "It's up, Vega," he said, looking to his superior. "Excellent, begin the feed on playback to all Krieg Clan associates and special guests," she ordered. "But ma'm, the footage will be...," he began to argue. "I'm sorry, who was the founder of the Krieg Clan?", she interrupted. "Minister Ivan", Eclipse responded. "Agent Ivanovitch, yes, and after that bloody general killed him, I was left in charge. I was gracious enough to let you stay as my most trusted advisor, but if you step out of line, I will personally terminate you. Play the live feed, now," she ordered, more firmly. "Of course, dear," he said, rolling his eyes. He pressed the spacebar and a red record button appeared on the top of the program. On the feed, Bennovio excused himself from May and Alicia and took out his phone. "Time for the alliance to begin," said Vega.

On Bennovio's phone, and on every associates' device, a public service message began from Vega. "Good afternoon members of the Krieg Clan, associates, and recruits. My name is Agent Vega, and I lead one of the greatest organizations in all of The North Pacific. The Guslant Monarchy and most of the current Cabinet has been devoted to so called 'peace'. This must end. What Queen Charles and Chancellor Burns call 'peace', is just not getting involved in anything. There is no order in the system of Guslantis. Today the Thomas Building Corporation is making an announcement, and to be bluntly honest, they are failing--here, take a look," she said. The screen then cut to the announcement where a confused Leng stood. "Um, well, Bennovio just left on a personal call, he's our Development Coordinator. I can say the source code is intact," explained Leng, nervously.

"This is not a type of government we in Guslantis want, nor in any nation of Eras. Because it ends in this," she continued. Shots of explosions and battling soldiers from The Great War and the Schnellerkrieg appeared one after the other. Families crying over their relatives' graves came soon after. "Is this the pain we want for our region? No. This is not the ideal form of government for anyone. If you are interested in joining this organization and helping us regain the wonderful order, please report to the Vareeki Pub in Carrotopolis, tell the bartender that you are here to see the guinea pigs in the fall, and he'll direct you to me. Be prepared with a weapon of choice, as combat skills are necessary and I'll have one of my agents test you upon the beginning of the meeting. Any other questions should be asked at the meeting, tootleloo!", she exclaimed as the devices went back to normal.

 

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In the center of Guslantis, the Thomas Building sat quietly. The day was dark and gloomy, and what happened next would be terrifying to all involved. Hours ago, the Guslantis Cabinet was gathered in the Thomas Complex, the next hour, the Thomas Building was attacked. The Complex suddenly turned red and a little black blob appeared on the screen and in the sky. "Attention Guslantis. My name is Vega, and I am glad to announce the results of the latest election of the beautiful monarchy of the east. About two hours ago, I was named Empress of Guslantis, however, as most countries, the support was not unanimous. Minister Tucker of Foreign Affairs, Prince-Consort Pittman, and others tried to assassinate the newly elected Empress, and I will say, the two have been terminated. In addition, the GusNet system that corrupted our monarchy has since been deleted. All of it. The AI bot, Ayuda, or whatever has ceased-to-exist. The government that previously reigned in our nation is now in exile, and all decisions made by that government to the North Pacific Treaty Organization and the Democratic Union will be struck null and void by the Guslant superiors. Herir, my personal AI Bot, will be informing you on other updates as we receive them. Good luck," said the female voice. The Thomas Complex turned black as the citizens began to riot around it. Agent Eclipse, one of Vega's associates looked out at the forming rioters and smiled. "Useless servants," he said as guards rushed out to arrest the idiotic citizens.

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Aboard an underground monorail that sped through the Guslant underground system, the government-in-exile was reflecting on what just happened. Alicia stood at the back of the monorail, with her face as red as a tomato and tears running from her face. "You--I---, he was my best friend, and you took him from me. Well you know what? I'll take away the friend you've had for over fourteen years! Ayuda loved me when no one didn't. They picked on me, they called me a nerdy freak! I hope you get beheaded, you sadistic bitch!", she screamed into open air. She was already stressed, she was separated from the man she loved with all her heart, and now she lost her best friend. May died too, launched out of the Thomas Building. She had witnessed the Director of Analytics try to receive the GusNet code before being kicked out of the window by Vega. Her last word was "Vanessa". Leah came up and hugged her. She too lost someone, her fiancé, Ryan. The two girls hugged really tight as the monorail sped off toward the shore.

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Back in the Complex, one of the glass windows broke and someone snuck in. The person ducked under a table, before knowing it was clear. She stood up. It was none other than May Leng. She luckily saved the code to the GusNet, and actually managed to catch herself from falling using a grappling hook that she stole from Vanessa Hoskins, or Vega, whatever that evil woman preferred to be called. She looked around. She was in what looked like a closet room. She looked and saw one of Vega's masks. "Hmm," she muttered as she tried on the mask. She was about to take it off when she looked in the mirror. It made her look very similar to Vega herself. "I think I have an idea," she said, grabbing the clothes and beginning to change into what she remembered Vega looking like. Once she was done, she looked in the mirror again. Her hair was still too long. "Ugh, you can never be pretty enough," she muttered, grabbing some scissors from the desk behind her. "My mother is going to kill me," she complained, bringing the scissors to her long black hair.

 

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In Cummings, the UGIE Advisory Council was still sleeping at around five in the morning. All but the emergency leader, Forewoman Burns. She had been up about an hour, and she had already made some scrambled eggs and a packed a basket with them and some muffins. She slept in the same room as her best friend, Leah, who, at the current moment, was curled up in the opposing bed. "Leah, are you going to come see Alec with me?", she asked, kindly. She looked over. Leah was crying.

In Leah's dream, she stood in a beautiful white ballroom and a white dress. A beautiful headpiece that resembled a halo, encircled her blonde hair. She stood opposite of her dance partner, Ryan, also wearing a white dress. She looked at his beautiful face. He was hers, and she was his. That was until a couple, both wearing beautiful intricate maroon masks and matching attire, waltzed beside them. The couple switched partners with her and Ryan, and now the woman was dancing with her most beloved. She tried to speak, but saw she could not. The woman ran her fingers through Ryan's hair, and to Leah's horror, blood appeared on his hair and the top of the eyebrow. By the end of the waltz, the blood had reached his shoulders, turning the suit on those parts, red. The man dragged Leah from the action, and Leah watched her fiancé die.

Back in the room, Leah at this point, was heavily sobbing. Alicia looked terribly upset, knowing exactly what she was crying about. Suddenly, she felt a small paw touch her on the foot. "Gastria! Just in time," she said, grabbing her fat orange cat. The cat, regretting to disturb Alicia, found herself laying beside the crying Queen. Leah grabbed the cat tightly, and soon began to go from a heavy sob to sniffles.

Alicia smiled, now that she had solved that problem, she was ready to see the man she hoped would one day propose to her. Mrs. Alicia Durand. She liked it. While she loved being in charge and everything, there was no doubt she would leave the political career to be with Alec. She was wearing a beautiful floral dress and red flats, and grabbing the basket, skipped out the door and through the streets of Cummings.

When she arrived at the house of Alec, she quickly knocked out of excitement. What would he do when he opened the door? A morning kiss? A friend-zone hug? A proposal? The possibilities were endless. "Alec, oh Alec, it's Alicia. The nerdy girl from Guslantis--or what was Guslantis! In Guslantis, we have a phrase, the early bird makes breakfast for the late birds, or maybe that's just what Emily told me! Either way, I made you some scrambled eggs and brought muffins. I thought we could have breakfast together, and spend time as a couple," she said, so excited.

Nancy Scottsfield, in her room, thought to herself, if Alicia was up this early, that meant she had coffee, and if she had coffee, she knew Alicia would crash, and when Alicia crashes, she'll be with Alec. "That woman is either smart or an idiot," said Nancy, smiling

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In the Thomas Complex, the disguised May walked out of the closet and into what was labeled the GusNet HQ. She quickly took out her tablet, and began to write a coded message. It was sent to all of the nations who were helping liberate Guslantis and NPTO.

GUSNET TRANSMISSION:

This is Help. GusNet is still working. Can distract the Empire by using a playback on security scans of the entire country. Please tell me when you plan to liberate or sneak into Guslantis. I will help.

-V

 

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Vega sat in her makeshift throne room at the Thomas Complex, looking at the messages coming in with pure joy. She let out a large cackle, reading what people in foreign lands actually thought were intimidating. She was not afraid. She had just watched both her associates and ministers of the filthy monarchy die in the successful coup of Guslantis. What the nations thought would be a liberation attempt would be the destruction of the nation they hoped to reinstate. "This is quite an amusing sight, the Empire of Syrixia? Ha, idiotic capitalism at its finest. I simply adore the view," she said. She was dressed in a beautiful long maroon dress and was talking to Eclipse.

Meanwhile, May was sneaking behind her, hoping not to be seen. The room was surprising large. One shot and the coup would be over. May aimed one of Vega's guns and fired. A miss. She was seen and promptly arrested. Dropping the tablet before being handcuffed. It cracked, but was spared.

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Meanwhile, a ceremony was being held in Cummings. "We, the Advisory Council of the true and only Guslantis, do name this amazing general, Nancy Scottsfield as the third five star general in all of our history and do name both General Akerman and General Scottsfield as co-leaders of the Allied Forces to Liberate Guslantis," said Leah, smiling, as she placed the additional stars on Scottsfield's uniform.

Guslantis would return, and Vega should watch the return of the century.