The Medic
Prologue
"Requesting immediate evacuation, I repeat requesting evacuation ASAP!" The commander spat as he began raining bullets down the enemy before us. A zergling launched itself towards the commander. And a marine acted swiftly as he shot the alien down with his rifle. He failed to notice the hydralisk behind. "Watch out!" a fellow medic shouted but it was all too late, the marine was torn apart, blood splattered and flesh flew from all sides. I was currently tending to a ghost's wound. "Go." The injured ghost was panting and wanted me to leave but I insisted I would help him and I will stay. "We are just going to die down here." He grunted in pain and I stiffened when the commander yelled at me. "Come on son." I was suddenly yanked up and did not have time to protest, as a large amount of zergling are heading towards us. The ghost and several limbless marines held their own against the huge numbers of aliens. The commander commanded everyone to retreat and as we headed down further, an explosion was heard signaling the demise and sacrifice of those who we just left behind.
We rested for a while as we had attained what we needed for the mission to be accomplished. The commander tried to call for another rescue as we desperately need to escape this moment we are not sure whether how many zergs are left on this planet. "I know commander, but you have to wait. We are currently facing a large number of hostiles here in space. We simply cannot risk any resources we have at the moment." A female voice can be heard from the other line. The commander cursed and he glanced at me. "You there private, I want you and Sergeant Arwen to head up and do a reconnaissance, verify whether the zerg had left the planet and we shall see if we can hold out until rescue arrives." I nodded and saluted at the commander. The sergeant and I made our way towards the hallways and near the elevator; we managed to deal with several zeglings and a few hydralisk as we headed towards the exit. Once we got out of the facility we saw several dead bodies from both the humans and the zergs. The sergeant took out her binoculars and began surveying the whole area. She had lead us to a hill to confirm if the zerg battalion left the planet. "Clear, we should tell the commander and help him kick the crap out of those aliens." Suddenly I heard the ground behind me quake and something came out of it by the time I turned around the sergeant began firing at what seems to be a zergling making its way towards me. The sergeant managed to kill the thing and I thanked her for it. "It was nothing kid." She winked at me and I felt myself blushing at her remark. When we headed inside the facility two marines greeted us a male and a female. "Commander Patterson ordered us to help you head back towards the team." The male marine saluted and the sergeant waved him off saying that we must hurry and aid the commander and his team. Our group descended to a lower level yet the elevator halted and seemed to malfunction. "I guess we need to take the stairs then." The female marine quipped and we headed outside the elevator towards the hallways. He heard several hissing indicating a presence of a hydralisk. "Be careful those bastards are deadlier in the shadows. We all used our flashlights on our suits to light the hallways. "Part of the power was shut down because several labs held live zerg specimens there. The male marine questioned the sergeant. "Why the heck would they experiment on a live killing machine?" We all shrugged stating that we do not know the reason and steeled ourselves as the hissing came closer. "Guys I think it isn't alone." The female marine whispered and she pointed above us as we saw several corpses dangling above us, glued to a sticky substance. "A single zerg would not be able to take down a whole team alone." The male marine nodded at female marine's observation and we were greeted by a acid and several bonelike projectiles. "Shit!" The sergeant acted quickly and commanded us to stick to the walls and begin firing at the shadows. After a couple of minutes we heard the dying shriek of the hydralisk and made our way towards the elevator. "Be ready once we get near the elevator it won't be easy." The two marines reloaded and I began healing some of their wounds. Once we are near the elevators we knew what to expect a group of zerglings are feasting upon our fallen comrades and the sergeant ordered the male marine to throw a grenade and ordered we rain bullets on them once the explosion collides with the zerg. "Now!" The marine threw his grenade gaining the attention of the zerglings and then the explosion came. We bagan firing at the zerglings and some managed to evade us and went for the female marine. As the zergling lunched itself at her and the male marine took notice and fired at the incoming monster. The sergeant and I are holding our own against the three remaining zerglings as the sergeant fired forward I took the liberty of planting some sticky mines on the walls. "Now serge!" I shouted and she began retreating and the zerg tailing her. Once she slid towards me I pressed the a switch on my gauntlet and the mines exploded killing the two zerglings. "Good job private!" She ruffled my hair as if to humor the situation and we heard the female marine shriek in fear as the male marine was stabbed from behind by a hidden hydralisk. "Shit we didn't notice an attack from behind." I nodded and threw a blinding grenade at the hydralisk earning a shriek of pain and the female marine began shooting at the hydralisk and the sergeant followed afterwards. I rushed towards the now limping marine and held him down to check on his wound. "Careful there soldier, I got you." I noticed that the zerg did not manage to hit his heart or any arteries. "I'll close your wound, can you manage to walk?" I noticed he had a slight sprain on his left ankle. He nodded and we headed towards the elevator. "Darn it that hurt." Once we left the elevator a few hydralisk greeted us and ordered the marine at the elevator to secure our exit.
"Okay kid me and the corporal here are going to lead these bastards away and I want you to go and get the commander okay?" She smiled at me and I tried to refuse but she cut me off and began firing at the hydralisk gaining their attention. As we ran towards the hallways the hydralisks pursued the sergeant and the female marine as I headed towards the hallway leading to the commander and his team. When I looked back before rushing away I saw the female marine get ripped apart while the sergeant was stabbed from her shoulder. The sergeant saw me glance her and she smiled at me while taking out a grenade that seemed to be larger than her fist. She managed to use her left hand to give the hydra the finger and pressed the grenade earning a large explosion resulting to the wall falling down on them.
I ran as fast as I can to head to where the commander was. I was running for about five minutes searching for the commander when suddenly I heard coughing. My nose picked up the scent of blood and when I glanced to my right I saw the commander on the corner crouched down with his back to the wall. I went by the commander's side ignoring several dead bodies around us. I bent down to look at the commander's wound and noticed that several arteries were severely damaged and with little energy left on my suit I could barely even stop the bleeding. " Kid you need… to run we were ambushed… by several zerglings and hydralisk." The commander coughed up blood and I felt a tear fall down my eye as I desperately used what was left of my energy to heal the commander. "Miss Arwen took them down with her." I said grimly and the commander gave a light chuckle. "Never go down without a fight." The commander had a tear fall down his cheek. " She was my nice." My suit began showing signs of losing power and the commander grabbed my gauntlets to prevent me from using all the energy up. "I'm so sorry." I whispered it out and forced myself not to cry. "Don't be, she is with her parents now…and soon I will join her." I can sense the commander losing consciousness. The commander took out a flash drive. "I want you to take this and make sure you stay alive." As the commander handed me a bloodstained flash drive he told me what it was for. "It contains… several info about the protoss weapon." The commander's shallow breathing came to a halt and his eyelids closed. I took out the commander's dog tag and stood up while putting the flash drive inside my gauntlet. I made my way towards the hallways trying not to gag and cry. The facility was silent no hissing or the sound of bullets hitting the ground. It was only the two of us now me and the marine. I made my way towards the first floor and saw that next to the exit was a dead marine laying on his side while a zerg corpse was on the other side of the corner. It was the male marine from before, I had hoped that at least he had survived but I stiffened at the sight of his body was moving. I gripped my pistol and slowly walked towards the exit minding the corpse before me. By the time I was close to the dead marine I saw that there is a zerg larvae trapped underneath the marine's body. I aimed at the little zerg and saw the larvae's squirming halt. it began backing away from me. Tears are now falling down my cheeks. I still felt mercy even at the face of one my enemies. All my frustration and anger coming back at me making me want to shoot the small creature below me. I can hear it squeak as it cowers in fear. From my time at the academy I learned a lot about the zerg and know that these things are basically harmless until they evolve. But without a queen or Overmind it cannot reach its evolution. I grew in a quiet little family and grew up not swearing and cursing but I cursed out loud and shoved the corpse away from the larvae thus freeing it. "Stay away from me." I quickly went towards the exit and headed outside to find shelter and the facility itself was not in my list of options. I took a glance behind me and saw that the zerg was staring at me which took me by surprise. "Why did I save you?" I said bitterly and walked away from the facility. I saw a ghost's binocular and grabbed it, I used it to search for shelter and saw a rather fitting cave not to small not to big either. Just when I was about to take my first step I heard booming noises of a battleship. I quickly glanced above me and used the binoculars to zoom towards the sky. In space I can clearly see that there was a ship fending off a few zerg and seemed to be winning. I was uplifted and was about to use my intercom radio when suddenly I heard the ship come crashing down far from where I was. I did not try to follow where it would crash so I headed towards the cave with a slight pang of sorrow. Once I got inside the cave I scanned for anything that might jump at me and confirmed that nothing was inside it. Frustration and exhaustion were catching up to me now. I lay back against a rock and closed my eyes as I began thinking everything that had happened. Everyone died for this mission and I had to live for them. "I can't give up." My eyelids were getting heavier by the second and I tried to fight exhaustion but it seems that I am losing consciousness. I caught a glimpse of the larvae that I had spared. And it was coming towards me. Those were the last things I saw before sleep overcame me.