Soldiers of the COG

Characters:

Alpha 14

Sgt. Alexander Grimes- age 25: lost all his family on E-day. The only person left in his life is his childhood friend Sasha. Has a personal grudge against the locust.

Gear: mk 2 lancer, bultok pistol, standard issue armor (sleeve less and grey), bandana replacing helmet

Appearance: Caucasian, green eyes, long brown hair kept out of eyes by bandana, five o'clock shadow, good build, 5' 10"

Pvt. Shawn Casper-age 19: dreamed of serving in the COG since he could walk. Expert with setting up ambushes for locust on the service.

Gear: mk 2 lancer, gnasher shot gun, snub pistol, grenades, standard issue armor, no helmet

Appearance: Caucasian, grey eyes, dirty blonde hair, good build, 6'1"

Pvt. Luke Kane-age 37: Dead beat alcoholic who is trying to show his son there is a future beyond this war.

Gear: mk 1 lancer, snub pistol, standard issue armor, no helmet, flask

Appearance: Caucasian, brown eyes, black shaggy hair and beard, strong build, 6'5"

Cpl. David Drake-age 23: Orphan who only wants to prove he is more than a street rat.

Gear: mk 2 lancer, snub pistol, standard issue armor, no helmet, long range communication kit

Appearance: south islander, brown eyes, black hair in a pony tail, tribal tattoos, good build, 6'


Through the gates of hell

Locust Hive 2 hours after assault on land down

"This is alpha 14. Control do you copy? Come in control."

"Drake that's enough were not going to get a hold of control. We are going silent."

"Yes sir Sgt."

"Sgt. What have we been sent down here for, exactly?"

"Casper we have been sent down here to assault the hive and take back Sera from the locust. So I assume you didn't listen to the chairman's speech."

After that short conversation alpha 14 started to move farther into the hollow. They continued to go farther and farther into the hollow getting into small fire fights here and there. After a total of 6 hours down in the hollow they come upon a structure that is abandoned.

"Drake try to find a terminal and get a hold of command. Casper keep a look out for locust."

Both men reply in unison. "Yes Sir."

"Kane look for ammo and supplies. Oh yeah before I forget how's your son."

"We haven't talked much in the last couple of days. He told me he was enlisting, and I told him there was no damn way I was going to let him enlist at age 16. He replied back by saying I enlisted at 16 and so did you. I tried to explain to him that it was a different war when I enlisted and you had already killed locust to survive and were prepared for this war. After that he got angry called be a worthless drunk and stormed off to somewhere."

"He will get over it. It's not your fault his mom never told you about him, or the fact that she died and he was sent to you."

"Yeah maybe you should talk to him, he looks up to you." After saying that Kane takes a swig from his flask and lets out a depressed sigh.

"He looks up to you not me. He just doesn't know how to say it yet. Well let's get back to work."

After that sad and short conversation the whole team starts to search the structure. They find much needed ammo and a terminal that needs some work. While Drake and Kane work on that Sgt. Grimes looks through a pile of papers on a desk. Half way through the stack he finds a COG journal. He opens it to the inside cover and sees it belongs to the missing Capt. Of the 34th recon battalion. He flips to the last entry and reads the entire.

[50 men of the 34th are all that's left since we were sent out of Jacinto. All my men who have died so far fighting the locust have all been killed by one small locust force they are a group of theron elites with no more than 15 of them but they aren't normal the one that leads them stands at approximately 8' tall. Bullets seem to bounce off of him.]

When he turns the page of the journal there's nothing written on it, but blood splattered all over the pages. Sgt. Grimes then sets the journal down and continues to go through the papers until he reaches a map showing a path straight into Jacinto. Not only straight into Jacinto but it final mark is on the chairman's office.

"We are leaving now we need to get to the surface and contact control!" as he yells that he puts the journal and map into the pocket on the inside of his chest plate.

Drake is the first one to speak after hearing that "how are we supposed to get to the surface? Also why do we need to go now?"

"There's an elite group of locust who can make it into Jacinto and the chairman's office."

Kane then adds in as he takes another swig from his flask "That's some serious shit."

"Exactly so get your asses in gear otherwise we're fucked."

When they get out of the structure Casper is already waiting for them. He then asks "How are we supposed to reach the surface."

"I found a map that shows a way to the surface."

Alpha then takes off for the surface. They run for a good 20 minutes before they reach the tunnel that leads to the surface. The moment they reach the surface they hear locust in the woods.

"Okay we need head south west to reach Jacinto and to cut off the locust. Drake you try to get in contact with control. Casper you take point and Kane cover the rear let's move."