NationStates Jolt Archive

Frank Gallo looked around at his pitiful office, noting that it would not be his office for long. Minister of Defense was nice and all, but he wanted that promotion that he'd been planning on for months.

Turning to his checklist, Frank looked at the cabinet that he had picked out. "Ok, I've picked Jessica Anderson as Minister of Public information, Angela Burns as Minister of Justice, Daxx Trias as Chief of Internal Security...," he said. He kept counting off his ministers for his cabinet, noting that he still needed one for Transportation. "I'll get back to that," he said.

Gallo turned and said to his Mr. Potato Head, "We're moving up to the big office tomorrow. Yes we are."

<---time jumps ahead--->


Frank Gallo sits in his office, looking out over his new kingdom. "It's too small," he notes with some contempt. After all that internal strife, though, no one will be willing to go to war and sieze more land.

Emperor Gallo looks out the window, sipping his martini thoughtfully.

At that moment, his chief of security walked in. Chief Daxx says, "Emperor Gallo, the information you requested is here. We have completely wired the building with security and the safe room is now finished. It has access from every floor, using your fingerprint, just as you requested. You also have complete access to remote defense systems from your safe room."

Emperor Gallo smiled. He was dying to check it, but he has to excercise patience. There is a time and place for everything, and now, he has an idea.

"Daxx," Gallo says, "what would you think of being a vassal ruler over Toscla?"

"I don't know sir. I have no experience."

"Do not worry. You will learn. You are dismissed Daxx."

OOC: I'm a slow writer. I will update this as I can.

EDIT: OOC: Realized I was talking about my vassal's rise, so I added some about mine. Decided to write them like a movie, with switching between events.

<-3 weeks forward in time->

As Daxx sat in his chair in his office, he had it reclined back and was staring at nothing on the ceiling, Such a sight was unsettling to those who did not know him, eyes going out of focus when absorbed in thought is not uncommon.

Idly wondering about aspects of governance, Daxx had new intentions for a new law. One of the directors was misbehaving, Dir. Linscott was considering causing problems for him and Gallo the Emperor, this could not be allowed. Daxx smiled inwardly at the realization that after he removed Linscott and replaced him with a trustworthy director that would make 4 custom directors and only 3 he did not hand pick.

Daxx knew he would soon have uncontested control over all the governing elements in Toscla. First however was the current plan, he had to remove that bothersome director before he could cause any problems.

Considering his options Daxx idly wondered about manipulating the media into believing he turned spy for this latest attack on Galloism, and then he could proceed with swift Justice for the public. Afterall, to the public it was not results that mattered, merely perception that mattered.

Once more Daxx was shaken with a start and decided to stand and walk over to his window. Still dark clouds, no rain yet, what a disappointment.

With a sigh Daxx went back to his desk, he would prepare the stage so the media would want a public execution of a spy, and it would be this planted spy that would deliver the public the incontrovertable evidence that Director Linscott stood against him and Emperor Gallo. As he set to retrieving his pen he decided he would mail Gallo in the morning with details about what was to be planned and executed.

Tonight he would call in another favor from his cobweb of agents.

<---back in time--->
Frank Gallo was late to his meeting with the General Staff. He just put the entire army on maneuvers thirty miles from the capitol building. He looked at his watch, gathering papers and materials.

The building alarms went off. The rebellion forces had breached the capitol building! Gallo closed his office door and locked it, then walked over to the phone. "General Rommel, the capitol building is under attack. Get the entire military off maneuvers and over here right now!"

<---jumping forward--->

"Daxx, come in," Gallo says.

(Daxx walks into the office, looking completely different.)

"Perfect." Gallo says, "How do you feel?"

"Well, it sure looks strange when I walk past a mirror." Daxx says.

"Relax. There's a nondescript heli almost here. It will take you to Toscla. We have already kidnapped the Minister's Aide, and you will be taking his place," Gallo says.

"Of course Emperor."

(Daxx leaves. Gallo looks out his window a few minutes later and sees the helicopter flying off. He then goes over to the phone.)

"Sarah. Minister of National Security."

"Jake, we need to cause some unrest in Toscla," Gallo says.

"How much unrest do you need Emperor?"

"Come to my office. We will discuss it."

OOC: I welcome comments heartily, and very few questions.

<---back in time--->
Gallo met Daxx in the hallway, along with a dozen gunmen carrying silenced weapons, and they immediately proceeded to the council chambers on the top floor.

The leader of the rebellion, Abu Sad Mahiim, burst into the council chambers with his troops. "Kill them all, all except the Prime Minister, he's our bargaining chip." he said.

Gunfire erupted while Gallo, Daxx, and crew were still one floor below the council chambers. They immediately hurried up that last flight. Several silenced shots went off, as Daxx and his gunmen came out of the secret passage behind the rebel guards.

<---jumping ahead--->

"That will do just fine." Emperor Gallo says, "200 nonuniformed troops should be sufficient."

"As you wish, Emperor." Jake replies.

"One more thing, Jake. I need a direct line of communication between me and the task force leader. He is to be unquestionably obedient. Do you have such a man?"

"I have the perfect man, sir."

"Excellent. Dispatch the task force immediately to the mountains in the northeast of Toscla. You are dismissed."

Jake left the room with a short bow. Gallo looks out over his domain again, noting that his country is so small that he can actually see Toscla from here. "No matter." He thinks out loud, "It will be mine soon enough."

Gallo turns back to his desk and looks at the paperwork in front of him. It appears his men have discovered uranium in a mine to the southwest. Gallo smirks. His predecessor never saw the big picture. He chose to cover up the mine and leave the forest unmolested. Now, Gallo can rectify that mistake. He begins writing a letter to his Minister of Governmental Industry, telling him to begin work on the mine.

<--- back in time --->
Daxx is now in a defensive position with his troops. Gallo is hanging behind.

Daxx shouts, "Give it up Mahiim! You have no way out of here unless you surrender. Your troops are on the ground floor, entangled with the Macineese military. They cannot come up here to help you. You are alone!"

Mahiim shouts back, "You forget my friend, I have your Prime Minister. You will listen to my demands, and your government will bow to our wishes! First, order the Minister of Defense to pull his troops off this building. If the military does not withdraw in 5 minutes time, the Prime Minister is dead!"

Daxx opened his mouth, but Gallo cut him off, "We both know you won't do that. Surrender, and I will order my men on the ground to capture your men instead of killing them all. I am certain you have friends down there."

Mahiim looked slightly surprised, and said, "Defense Minister. Of course. I trust the men you have here are loyal."

"Of course."

At that, Mahiim stepped out from behind the Prime Minister.

<--- jumping forward --->

An envoy walks into Emperor Gallo's room with an urgent report. "Emperor, you should read this. It concerns our nearest neighbor, Toscla."

As the envoy leaves, Gallo picks up the report and begins reading. A rebel insurgency in Toscla has wiped out two villages in the mountains. There were no survivors. The Tosclan government has dispatched a small military force to counter this threat.

Gallo picks up the phone and says, "Sarah, get me the Minister's Aide in Toscla."

After waiting a few moments, Gallo continues, "Give me the travel plans."

Gallo sketches something down on a piece of paper. "Ok. Got it."

Gallo hits flash and types in #0741.

"Commander, circle your troops to the northwest, mark 042218, and proceed to mark 032486." Gallo then hung up the phone.

<--- back in time --->
Gallo, Daxx, and their men entered the room. Mashiim let go of the Prime Minister and walked to the center of the room.

"Finally, we will have what we desire! Too long have we survived under this oppressive government, denying our right to be naked, and our right to own heavy weaponry. We will finally have a democracy that the world will look to for--"

"Enough of this twaddle." Gallo interrupted.

At that, Daxx raised his gun and shot Mashiim directly in the chest.

"Excellent," Gallo said.

<--- jumping forward --->

The Minister of Defense comes storming into Gallo's office. "What do you think you're doing? I understand you want to cause unrest, but why are you sending them 5 miles from Toscla's capitol? If they are caught, we will have war on our hands!"

"Jake. First, never question my authority. Second, you were to keep hands off on this project, remember?"

"Sir, you are risking an all-out war immediately following our own revolution. I don't even know why! It's too big a gamble, whatever it's for!"

"Jeff. You don't know what it's for. Now, if you want to keep questioning my authority, I could have my guards take you into custody. Is that what you want? Decide!"

"No sir." Jeff replied, although with an inflection that betrayed his actual feelings on the matter.

"Dismissed." Gallo says, curtly.

After Jeff left, Gallo picks up the phone. "Sarah, get me the Director of Intelligence."

"Hello, Director? I need to have someone followed."



OOC: How is my story doing so far, is it any good?

<--- back in time --->

"Ok," the Prime Minister said, "Explain that to me. How did he know who you were? Why did he let his guard down? This makes no sense. Explain yourself Gallo."

"It's really very simple. This man has been terrorizing our nation for too long. I courted him, gave him tidbits, luring him out into the open. I have been waiting for this day for a long time." Gallo said. He then picked up Mashiim's gun, and checked the ammo clip.

"You've been waiting for him to wipe out my entire cabinet? Why didn't you defend us? Why didn't you warn us at the very least? Your actions were irresponsible, immoral, and criminal, and I will see you executed for this!"

"I don't think you understand Minister. You see, his actions were causing far more harm than has been done here today. Did you forget about the villages that were wiped out, the women and children raped, and the inflictions he made upon our military? He was a threat, and you have a way with inducing men to become threats. Daxx!"

The Prime Minister turned toward Daxx, and Gallo shot him fifteen times in the back with Mashiim's gun.

<--- jumping forward --->

Gallo grins. "The oldest tricks always work the best." he notes. He picks up the phone, "Sarah, get me the Minister's Aide in Toscla." After waiting a few moments, "Give me a report on the G.I. Joes......... Excellent. Call a meeting of the entire cabinet at 11:30 AM Monday morning. Remember the 'Italian Job'? Do the job the same way we've done before. The keyword is Ninja-bomb. Remember, if the Tosclan G.I. Joes show up, evacuate the plainclothes and greet the G.I. Joes."

Gallo hangs up, and then dials extension #0741. "Commander, your troops are to storm the Capitol building and proceed directly to the council chambers. Kill everyone inside. Soon after, someone should approach you and use the keyword 'Ninja-bomb.' He will take over the operation. Obey him as you would me."

<-- present day -->

Daxx hung up the phone and sighed. He had expected the corporation to stay in Galloism longer so he could have caused some havoc inside their business. Contigency plans were made for just such an event, Raven's directors would be spared and Seran would not, afterall the criminal got out thanks to his grace to be in the plan, since the plan was no longer required that put him on expendable status.

He would have to call back his elite guard from Galloism as well as extend medical supplies to the neighbor. Frowning he realized it still hasn't rained. Silently he picked up the hard copy containing relevant information of Raven's directors and tossed it in the waste bin, He was more occupied with growing his nation now in the capitol city, soon they would step forward into high tech industry.

Picking up the phone he dialed his Minister of Defense, and after a moment told the man "I need you to call back our special unit, when he arrives, place him under custody and relieve him of the burden he now carries. That is all."

Standing up once more to look out his window, he slid his hand up the pommel of his sword and felt the ingravings on the hilt as thoughts rolled through his head on what would be next over the horizon.

<--- back in time --->

"Daxx, I've been waiting to do that a bloody long time. You know that?" Gallo said.

"Yes sir."

"Good, now shoot me in the shoulder."

"Sir?"

"Shoot me in the shoulder with this gun and then call a medic."

"Yes sir."

Daxx takes the gun and clips Gallo in the shoulder.

"Good job." Gallo said. "Now, take me to the Minister's Office and flip on the news camera."

After setting up the equipment, Gallo looked into the camera and began orating. "My fellow men. Today, a great injustice has been done. Rebels have stormed the capitol building, and our military is attempting to defend. However, despite their best efforts, a small force of men made it to the council chambers, and opened fire. I am sorry to say that the Prime Minister has been killed, along with several ministers. I watched in horror as a rebel gunned down the Prime Minister, shooting him in the back with an automatic weapon. That image will never be erased from my mind."

At those words, a medic comes on screen and starts tending to Gallo's wound.

"I was hit as well, but I will not rest until the men responsible have paid for their treachery. This is the interim Prime Minister Gallo, and I will not rest until you, the people, are safe!"

<--- jumping forward --->

Gallo watches the news of Toscla's Capitol building being invaded by rebels while the military is on maneuvers nearby. Gallo clicked off the TV. "Perfect."

Gallo then picks up the phone, "Sarah, get me the Minister of Foreign Affairs."

"Minister, draft a public sympathy note. Addressee: Prime Minister of Toscla. Tell them we are sorry to hear about their internal strife and we are willing to offer aid, except make it sound really diplomatic-like. Also offer security forces for their capitol building. Right." Gallo then hangs up the phone.

Gallo looks at another issue, should hospitals be able to pay people for organs? Gallo rolls his eyes, and dismisses the absurdity.

< Recent >

Thinking back on those events Daxx shuddered to think of how close everything came to being ruined. However Gallo was as good as he always was, a bullet in your limb for control of a nation, Ingenious really Daxx thought with delight.

Moving towards his desk Daxx bent and retrieved a paper that must have blown off, realizing his window was open he glanced around and saw another was in the far corner, grinding his teeth over the absurdity, how easily one could have flown out the window and be lost, such details were vital in his cobweb. Such infractions would earn the cleaning staff a new member and a body bag for another.

Picking up his phone, Daxx spoke through clenched teeth the orders and told the man to see to it a carpenter was sent up, hanging up the phone he sat in his chair and reclined it back, bitterly he thought about how he should have had the carpenter put in the secret compartment sooner. So many matters that needed his attention, Surely Gallo would be calmly sipping a martini as he grinned out over his nation, while Daxx is frustrated enough to break a desk.

Sighing he closed his eyes and rubbed his temples with his fingers, headaches were all he knew anymore what with the absurdity of the issues before his government, like the desire to castrate any man who did wrong to a woman, or the trial by sword rather then trial by jury. He sighed again with the stupidity of these people, his people.

silently he though, "Gallo, you had better be having a better time then I am.", at that he grinned, he knew that no doubt Gallo had some scheme afoot, perhaps to trick the public into giving up their first born for the promise he'd protect the rest of the family.

Daxx felt dizzy but had things to do, standing up he grabbed his jacket and headed for the door, he would see to those cleaning staff and then be on his way, The time of the new employment law was at hand, the time to remove all threats to his governance of Toscla.