LEADING TO DARKNESS

Chapter 1: INTO ACTION

"All units, all units get your lazy butts out of bed and get to your battle stations, we are under attack by Zerg Forces, the Korhal Fleet will arrive in 15 Minutes."

"Come on Alex, we gotta get to the armoury."

That was my bunkmate Caleb, he had dark brown hair with eyes as cold as the ocean; I heard it from the bottom bunk where I sleep, while he sleeps up top. I struggled to get my top on and I nearly tripped up on the way down to the Armoury. The Zerg was an alien race that popped out of nowhere and started to attack us, these critters don't reproduce like normal things, and they all spawn from a larvae type thing. As I ran past the many bunkrooms I could see drawers left open with sleeves snaking out and beds all messed up like a Zergling had slept in them. The Zergling is like an overgrown dog with thorns, big mouth with huge teeth, and a tough skin with no hair, these Zerglings also had big sharp scythes that could cut through that old normal steel, that's why we made neo-steel, ten times harder than normal steel.

The quartermaster yelled as he was handing out the equipment "Come on Alex and Caleb, suit up, or does your mummy need to hold your hand!" It doesn't pay to argue with the quartermaster, not only has he got higher rank, but also that he is the Tri-Core Wrestling champion. Our equipment was the standard issue Gauss Firing Rifle, or Gauss Rifle for short. It did fire more than one bullet at a time but only in short bursts, so it is classed as a rifle. We also had Power suits, without them we would not last 4 seconds out in the battlefield, for it has oxygen supplies, and for some versions, it has stims. Stims are like a giant sugar rush, but it affects your health badly.

So I suited up and ran out the Barracks, that was the training facility and sleeping quarters of Marines and Firebats, and ran to the main defences like a raging idiot, nearly being missed by a piece of shrapnel that used to be a Missile Tower. As I ran to my bunker I saw the monstrosities, the Zerg, the 'lings scythes tearing through the armour of the bunker, the rotting carcasses of the Zerg from the previous attack, it was horrible.

I made it to the bunker with Caleb following closely behind. Caleb was a Firebat, a soldier with a big flamethrower and a lot of humour. With Caleb being a firebat, he wasn't popular to be around on the front line, but a riot at barbeques. So it started mutual then it developed into a good friendship, I gave him cover with my Gauss Rifle when he needed it and he would do the same with his 'thrower. I fired onwards from the safety of my bunker to my match in the enemy ranks, Hydralisk's. These things are like a snake with scythes as arms, a threat if you are outside, for they shoot these acidic spines that can sting like a thousand wasps, and when they move, they can either sneak up to you or sliver twice as fast as you could run. While Caleb fired at his, Zergling's, these are not a threat if you are armed, but they are highly annoying, with their scythes that could tear you apart like a hand in a blender. It was hard trying to stay awake while waxing 'lings, saving your skin and keeping the spines away from Caleb's Propane tank.

"Lucky I weren't in that bunker" a nearby marine said as the bunker next to us blew into oblivion.

"Yea, the poor fellas doesn't have a chance in the open." I replied.

"Hey, stop yer gawkin and start yer shootin, I don't want to be in that situation!" Caleb had the rank of Corporal, so out ranked the rest of the marines and me by one.

That last five minutes was like waiting an hour for these Zerg just kept on coming with small squads of Zerglings and Hydralisks, then the moment finally came, the Dropships arrived, these things are giant flying troop carriers but since we are so big with our suits only eight marines can fit in comfortably, but this situation were different. They came with good timing too, our defences were nearly swamped with mad 'lings and Hydralisks. The mad rush towards the Dropships was hard, for they caught up and ripped apart the stragglers, but they gave us enough time to get in the Dropships and leave that giant blender, we thanked them in our minds.