"DO YOU SEE NOW, BRITISH?!" Cinder roared with mad glee over the sound of the explosions and gunfire as she swung her blade at Ruby once more. "THIS IS HOW THE GREAT WAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN!" A shot from her Luger missed Ruby's head by mere centimeters. "THIS IS THE TRUE POWER OF GERMANY!" Ruby blocked a stab from Cinder's knife, holding it place as Cinder pushed it towards her eye. "THIS IS WHERE YOUR PRECIOUS FREE WORD DIES!"



"YOU'RE BLOODY INSANE, YOU ARE!" Ruby yelled back as she struggled to both keep the knife from making her a cyclops, and keep the Luger from getting a good enough angle to get a shot in.



Cinder inched her face forward, keeping her psychotic grin as she did so. With her face so close to her adversary's, the German's reply was quieter, though no less intimidating. "If I am, British, I have your country to thank for it." With that, Cinder broke the grapple and kicked Ruby to the ground.



Ruby grunted as she hit the ground, feeling her back ache as it came in contact with the hard dirt beneath her. Before she could even try to get up, Cinder stamped her boot into her stomach, knocking out whatever air she had left in her. Coughing in pain, the young soldier looked up as the evil woman above her smiled sadistically down at her. "POLAND AND FRANCE ARE BOTH GONE, GIRL. YOU'VE FAILED. SOON YOUR PRECIOUS ISLAND WILL JOIN THEM." She aimed the Luger down at her fallen foe. "BUT DON'T BE SAD. I'LL SPARE YOU THE PAIN OF SEEING YOUR NATION DIE."



Before the trigger could be pulled, however, Cinder was roughly shoved into her left side, sending her tumbling to the ground. Ruby's despair-ridden face brightened at sight of her savior.



"COCO!"



Coco quickly helped Ruby to her feet as Cinder began to recover, anger defining her features. "COME, MY FRIEND! I'LL NOT SEE YOU DIE HERE!"



The two ran full sprint in the direction opposite the advancing German forces, even as Cinder stood and fired shots at them, yelling in a mad rage all the while.