Resistance Fall of Man: The Cloven of York
The Cloven official stared at the Stalker as it neared him, destroying the barricades they had set up. He smiled and entered his tank, ordering his men to fall back…
Ambush
Sergeant John McLauren was in one of the outposts, watching for Chimera. He looked down at the ruined street, wondering what ran through their heads. Did they want to conquer the humans? Feed on them? Grow? He wouldn't know.
He glanced at the street again and saw two tanks, a jeep, and a transport truck drive past.
"Sir!" he yelled to the Captain, who stood inches away from him.
"What is it?" the Captain retorted. He moved to the window. "Those aren't American!"
The convoy stopped and the lead tank turned its turret towards the building.
"Move!" the Captain yelled. McLauren, the Captain, and the three other soldiers in the building dashed downstairs and out the back door as the tank destroyed the two-story house with relative ease. Luckily, the COM Officer, Lieutenant Lorings brought the radio with him.
"Should we call for backup?" McLauren asked. The Captain looked at the rubble and replied with a weak "yes". Lorings called into command and requested a company of men, but was refused. The Chimera had arrived.
"We're on our own," the Captain said. He led the men to the garage on the end of the street where they retrieved a jeep and drove into the street.
The convoy was gone.
They drove down the street and spotted a house that had a corner ripped by a turning tank. They took a left and went down the street, seeing obvious signs of the convoy: destroyed outposts and torn walls.
McLauren saw something down one of the streets but shrugged it off as a trick of the light. When they turned down the next street, they heard it. The gunshots. The tank fire.
The convoy had been ambushed.
Final Front
The Cloven neared were pinned in a run-down building by some creatures of unknown origin. They seemed—familiar. They looked half Chimera.
And half-human.
One of the cloven saw McLauren and shouted in his direction, shooting a few rounds at him. McLauren and the others turned and looked down the end of the street they came from.
It was swarming with the unknown creatures.