Operation Deliverance : Final Day – Angels?

[Something miraculous has occurred, something that no one at HQ has been able to explain. For the first time since the record of this war, there is a victory. One second ago, all the switchboards were alight with cries for help and requests for ammunition and reinforcements. The Chimera were on the verge of overwhelming our task force. There was a large blast, an explosion that sent tremors throughout the battlefield, even reaching the channel and sending waves across the entire region...

Then silence.

The Chimeran tower had somehow been detonated from the inside. Not just wiping out all their forces in London. According to scattered reports from US troops fighting in Scotland and Ireland, all the Chimera in the England within minutes have simply dropped dead. Whether or not this is a repercussion of the tower's destruction…it is still too early to tell. Dr. Malikov, the sole surviving member of the Russian research team who has been researching the Chimera since the beginning, mentions something about the death of the angels as the crew watches the destruction of the tower. I find some time to question him afterwards on these…'angels'.]

You must understand that everything I say is at best, a theory. We've yet to fully understand the Chimera despite having conducted research on them for decades. The existence of the angels is something that we've just discovered, and with them, a million more new questions are popping up every day.

What are they doctor?

[Malikov chuckles.] Ironic that we call them 'angels' don't you believe? We were all brought up on the notion that angels are supposed to help mankind towards salvation. The will of god….

The first sightings took place after the fall of Paris, when the Chimera suddenly poured through Western Germany and overran the Rhine defense perimeter. They were scattered reports at first, but there have been sightings of a new form of Chimera 'directing' enemy troops, so to speak. Perhaps up to date, they are the most advanced form of Chimera we have discovered.

Angels are perhaps the closest we have to discovering the 'original strain' of the Chimera. They look nothing like anything we've seen before, and we've no idea where they came from.

Essentially, they resembling giant flying lizards. We believe they've gained this ability through the metallic heating apparatus attached to their backs. We've only found out now that the British army had captured on during the invasion of the U.K. That...thing, was probably how the Chimera were able to locate Southern Command. It was calling to them.

You've mentioned an original strain? What do you mean by that?

Although it is one of SPRA's theories that the Chimera were not of this Earth, we also have reason to believe that they've been here for some time.

The towers we've recently seen them excavate in every major city thus far, they couldn't have built them underground secretly. They must have been buried beneath the earth for at least millions of years to avoid being discovered by humans. Samples we've taken from the towers in Paris have been carbon dated back to at least 60 million years.

So you're saying, the Chimera pre-date mankind?

As hard as it is to believe. Yes, I believe they do. I'm also led to believe that perhaps some of the dinosaur fossils we've discovered over the years aren't really 'dinosaurs' at all, but the evidence. I cannot say this is true or not, at this point in time, that speculation is all but useless.

But how does that explain Humans being able to become the dominant species on the planet? Why has the Chimera chosen to resurface now?

If I knew the answers my friend, then this war might have been over by now. Something may have caused the Chimera to vanish before the ice age. It could have been war, a plague or another mysterious cause altogether. There is no way for us to know. What we do know however, is that the virus itself does not seem natural. In a way, it seems designed to specifically attack and modify human genes and DNA. It is a frightening possibility that all the events we have been witnessing this past decade have been planned millions of years in advance. It seems impossible, but I can see few other reasons.

Can you tell me about SPRA?

The Special Research and Projects Administration was founded in 1908, right when the first sightings of the Chimera were reported. Since then, our purpose was to find ways to combat the Chimeran threat, in the form of vaccines, weapons and armor.

Are there any attempts to try and counter the Chimean virus?

It's been one of SPRA's main projects and perhaps, its original purpose. We've obtained samples of the virus over the years from Chimeran conversation centers, and have been testing them for a viable vaccine. But unfortunately, the virus seems to have a 100% fatality rate.

If SPRA had been in existence for so long, why didn't it contact the other countries to form a united front? Or at least share information.

I believe that decision was made by the president and his joint chiefs. The isolationist league in your country, has profound influence over your politics I can imagine.

Even if we tried to share the information, who would believe us? What could we have done? Despite our advancements, the best we have are still conventional weapons I'm afraid. In the end, I believe we may have done more harm than good, especially with project Daedalus…..

[Malikov pauses]

Project…Daedulus?

I'm sorry my friend….[Malikov eyes the door nervously] I'm not really at liberty to answer that question. For your own good...i don't think we should be talking anymore...

Before I could say any more, two US black ops soldiers have entered the cabin, politely requesting the doctor to leave. They give me a hostile stare as they escort the doctor away. Leaving me with my intel reports...

[The Battle of London is the first recorded victory over the Chimeran forces. With the destruction of the main tower, all the Chimera in the British mainland have been defeated. Yet it was not without its costs. From an estimated 10,000 U.S rangers who landed in England, less than a thousand survive... It won't be long now before we set off back to the U.S.A. But Doctor Malikov's last words have me uneasy.]

And that's all folks, the last of what I've written for this Oral History. Whether or not this continues I will have to see what I can do for the remaining parts of the resistance universe. But until then, thanks for the encouragement and comments :)

DSVII