I don't own Advance Wars. Wait...nope. Don't own nothin'.

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Part 1
The Beginnings of an Alliance

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Prologue

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"You are the finest Orange Star has to offer…" The president's voice trailed throughout the large auditorium. "You must help to defend your country against these attacks."

Soldiers, sailors, and marines all filled the room. The stood at ease listening to every word the president said. Officers stood at the back of the room. Two officers stood at a slight distance to the rest.

"Hey, uh, Max, who's talking?" The shorter of the two look up at the bigger.

"What?! You don't know who the president is, Andy?" The taller, burlier man shook his head.

"Oh, right. I thought I recognized him." Andy leaned forward looking at the other officers. "So, who are they?"

"Officers. We won't work with most of them, but I can point out a couple we will work with." Max turned to look in the same direction. "Like you see the short one with reddish-orange hair?"

"Yeah."

"That's Samantha, though she prefers people call her Sam or Sami. She the infantry specialist. All over her grunts are the best in all of Orange Star and she's the best of them all."

"Wow."

"You got that right. And the tall blonde girl, that's Nell, our new commanding officer. Those are the two we'll mainly be working with." Andy nodded with amazement.

"So, what's Nell good at?"

"Well, she's good all around. She is also very lucky. That's the reason she rose through the ranks so fast. Nell's also really smart."

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The man took of his glasses and set them down on the desk. He slowly rubbed his eyes. "Why did they do this?! What did we ever do to them?!" He slammed his fist down on the desk. He wasn't going to let them get away with this.

"Eagle?" A thick Scottish accent filled the room.

"What is it, Drake? Do you know who the commander of the battalion was?"

"Aye, some new kid name Andy." Drake completely entered the room dressed in his navy uniform.

"So, was it Orange Star?"

"Aye, mate."

"I knew it." Eagle leaned back in his chair. "They're going to pay for this." His voice held a steady tone with only a slight hint of anger, even though inside he was furious.

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Rockets and bombs rocked the building. Andy could barely stay standing trying to get to Nell in between blasts.

"Nell? Nell! We're under attack!" He rushed over to her.

"Yeah, but by whom? Blue Moon's not in this area." Nell stumbled over to a window to get a better look. "Those planes…it's Green Earth!"

"Who?" Andy had moved next to her.

"Andy, get down to the field and launch a defensive strike! Now! Go!" With that order, Andy turned and rushed down the stairway. Ten floors to go… nine… eight. Before he knew it he was on the ground floor.

"Sir!" A soldier rushed over to Andy.

"What is it?" Andy ran to meet the soldier halfway.

"Sir, the enemy force is primarily air units!" the soldier said huffing and puffing from his sprint.

"Alright, get anti-air and missiles out here now. We'll take 'em out of the skies!"

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Eagle, again, slammed his fist into his desk back at the mission headquarters. "Shoot! I lost!"

"Sir, there's a communiqué from Orange Star!"

"Bring it up on the screen." The soldier did as he was told. Up on the screen appeared an angry Andy.

"Are you the commander of the Green Earth forces?" There was a harsh tone in his voice.

"Yes, I am." Eagle instantly recognized him. "That's him. That's the guy!"

"Why the heck are you attacking us? What'd we ever do to you?!"

"You fool, like you don't know!" Eagle squeezed his hands into fits.

"Don't know what?!"

"You attacked us, stupid!" Eagle shook from his anger.

"What?! When?"

"Deny it all you want! It won't change what happened!" Eagle's mouth formed into a harsh frown. "But mark my words, you will pay!"