"You think, I can't plan around this?" Number 52 shouted out. "You've fallen right for my trap, vile Shirleyists!"
Prime, 52, MCC, Sam and Quiet_Boi were watching the scene unfold out before them on the large screen in the command room.
Sam and Brother Boi were sharing a bowl of popcorn between them, but had been denied any Iron Bru as it was getting too close to their bed times.
Everyone was thoroughly enjoying the show being put on by the Imposters.
"I wonder, 52, if they have actually realised that the drones are displaying actual emotions. Surely the fact that Flier Drone was hiding in fear should have given it away that it was not a war machine."
"Oh, I doubt it, Prime. They've fallen for this truly atrocious copy of me. I mean, just look at the complete lack of style and grace it has. Terrible!"
"Also don't forget about using a tank in urban combat, 52. Gosh, they must think we know nothing of actual warfare."
MCC paused the footage, which elicited a few boos from Sam and Quiet_Boi, and stepped closer to the screen.
After a few moments of study, he turned around and spoke.
"That's a K-28 modified to use an upscaled replica of our plasma throwers."
"A K-28? How did they get their hands on one of Kaijin's tanks?"
"It's an older model, a few generations behind the current ones. He probably sold it off as surplus or it was stolen from one of his minor vassals."
"Hmm, you don't think Kaijin would launch a False Flag attack on his own people, do you?"
They stared at each other, then at the images of the battles between the Imposters and the Undefinables. to the frozen command screen, and then back to each other.
"No, he'd probably stop supplying them with lubricating oil, bananas, or whatever else he gives them to keep them happy and compliant."
"Agreed. It does appear that they are actually trying to achieve…something, when a False Flag could have been achieved by simply having five appearing and throwing a shoe at the first Undefinable they saw."
MCC unpaused the footage and they watched the battle continue.
"Concentrate all fire on that thing, now!"
Number 52 screamed in a panic as the Shitbot plasma tank fired all of it's weapons at the absolute unit of an Undefinable. A blinding light shined from the intensity of the plasma throwers' beams hitting Brigandizor's armor.
"HAHAHAHAHA!!! BRIGANDIZOR LIVES!!!" Blasted out from behind the light. "BEHOLD, THE MIGHT OF… BRIGANDIZOR!!!" Announced the giant as it walked straight towards the Shitbot plasma tank, completely unaffected by it's weapons, and kicked it through the air as if it were a children's toy.
"See, if they focused fire on one of the legs, they might have had a good chance."
"Really, MCC?"
"Yeah, centre firing a mech is pretty pointless due to the numerous redundancies built into them. Strategic dismemberment, that's the way to go about it."
A malicious cackling told them that the show was, unfortunately, coming to an end.
"It looks like it's you who has fallen for my trap, Shitbot!" Blütgrindor laughed out as Brigandizor slammed his fists into the Shitbot plasma tank, crushing it's main turret, and then picking it up, hoisting it over his head and slamming it down directly onto Number 52.
The Shitbot plasma tank then exploded from the beating it took, leaving a barren crater on the ground where it and Number 52 once stood. This started a chain reaction in the Shitbot portal that rapidly destabilized it until it collapsed in on itself. With Number 52's existence brutally and completely ended and any method of escape obliterated, the remaining Shitbots fled and panicked. Chasing the easy targets, the main army indulged in the slaughter.
Back in the Command Centre, the gathered group cheered and chuckled as the Imposters ran about the place like headless chickens, making a wide variety of amusing sounds as they fell over each other and other comically convenient items whilst being cut down by the Undefinable horde.
"Well children, it looks like entertainment is finished for tonight. You two better head off for bed, you'll have a busy day tomorrow."
"Awww Boooossssssss. But it's oooonnnllllyyy 2am!"
"No buts, young lady. It's a work night after all."
Sam put on her pouty face and gave Brother Boi her professional puppy eyes
"Is there nothing we can help you with before we go to bed, Soup? Anything?"
"I…suppose you can accompany us whilst we use the portal to recover Number 15. He's stubbornly refusing to come home, so we need to go and grab him."
"Is that safe?"
Prime shrugged his shoulders.
"Eh, you know what he is like when he is in a crusading mood."
The group began to set off when Prime suddenly stopped dead in his tracts.
"Actually…you don't, do you? Gentlemen!"
52 and MCC went to a nearby supply closet and came back with two empty buckets.
The two Shitbots then placed the buckets over Sam and Quiet_Boi's heads, completely concealing their sight.
"Why have you put buckets over our heads, Boss?"
"I am pre-emptively averting your gaze. You will most likely thank me later. Probably."
Now with just under half their number blind and feeling slightly dizzy because of the funky smell, they continued on their way to the Hell Portal. Occasionally stopping to laugh as Sam and Quiet_Boi walked into walls, doors and each other.
The deep, hollow voice of Bucket Boi rang out as they came to a stop.
"How do you know where Brother 15 will be, Soup?"
"It's quite simple, really. Their Church of Shirley. There is no way he would let such a beacon of heathenry remain untouched in this conflict."
"Do you think he'll still be there, Soup? The fighting's been going on for a long time now."
"Well, considering the distinct lack of any Undefinables writhing around on the ground in complete agony after getting disembowelled by a sword burning with the fury of a thousand suns, I believe the chances of such a thing being exceptionally slim."
"Is Number 15 really that powerful, Soup? Those Undefinables seem pretty tough."
"When he is overcome by religious zeal, he is."
"Do you the rest of you get that powerful when you're pissed?"
"Some of us do."
"Some?"
"Think of us as being like angels. We are all spirits that inhabit these…shells, which we use to interact with the physical world, but some of us are stronger than others. I suppose Number 15 is what you could call an Arch Angel, being the Holey Lord's chosen warrior."
"Are you an Arch Angel too, Soup?"
Blinded as they were, they could not see the bright, blue twinkling of Prime's eyes as he spoke.
"Maybe."