Rector's Castle

WOTD 07/22 Rector's Castle, the area which Pandora chose as the first defensive position for their incursion into Hell.

This is closer to the inner ring than we’ve ever been before, but it is very defensible. A demon by the name of Rector owned this castle two hundred years ago, but he was thrown into the abyss by Lucifer. It was an ugly scene. Rector disagreed with Lucifer about something, words were said, and poof—he was gone. Anyway, he is still climbing out of the pits to this day, but his castle still stands there. It is a ruin, Lucifer’s minions saw to that, but it stands. It will be the perfect place for us to start our incursion.” The drones had already given them pictures of the area, so they all looked at the view on the screen.

The Captain nodded. “I see what you are saying now. That is very nice. They can set up weapons all along this outer wall, and they’ll have good visibility. Very nice. Very nice. Uh, thank you, Pandora.” Pandora gave him a mock salute. “Thanks. On top of that, Moloch won’t be able to turn his head after we’ve invaded his territory. I know him too well. He’ll have to don his ridiculous armor and come out to fight. It is exactly what we need.”

Katie was back. “Does anyone have any questions? The new suits should protect you while we are down there.” Katie speaks of their approach.

Getting there is relatively routine for most of us. With Pandora’s help, I will open a portal that will lead right into the castle. Our force will don their suits and simply step through. We’ll have teams pushing carts of our equipment while others will be carrying armor and weapons. Once in, we need to clear any and all demons from the area. We can expect to walk in and make immediate contact. They won’t know we are coming, but our entry point is so close to the inner ring that we won’t be able to avoid them. They will come from all directions. The last few times we went, we had some advanced warning, but that’s an advantage we won’t have this time. We basically won’t see them coming.” Pandora chimed in over Katie. “They will be of all shapes and sizes, too. It’s possible a few might slip through, so you have to be prepared. It’s going to get hot in this tin can.”

Katie cleared her throat. “Exactly. Now, once the demons are cleared from the castle, we will immediately move to set up the defenses and traps. We want to keep the demons as far away from the castle as we can. We don’t want them to see what we are doing. We don’t want them accidentally setting off any of these traps while any of us are still in there. You would be sitting ducks.“We will be under extreme pressure. There will be no perfect time to evacuate. We will be under heavy attack. You can expect wounded, and possibly casualties. We will have to work under those circumstances to get everyone out. We are the A team, people. We are responsible for getting every last human and Leviathan life out of there. We leave no man behind.”

Everyone nodded, but Juntto put up his hand. “What if that is impossible?” Katie looked at him for a moment, not having thought about it. “We go in with a full team, and we come out with a full team. Dead or alive, nobody is left behind. This will be hard on a lot of the men, but this is our chance. We go in today, and we let those demons know exactly where we stand. Failure is not an option. Our world depends on it.”