Auburn was dead now. Piles of bodies filled the streets, fires consumed buildings. A small group of five men stood in the middle of the city facing each other. Each of them heavily armed.
"2 hours ago. We lost contact with Bravo 8." The leader of the group began. "Before we lost contact we were told that they were headed in this area. Scour the park and leave no stone unturned."
They cocked their guns, walking together at first then spreading outward. This was theircity now. Just a couple of meters from the initial starting point of the group a sewer top pushed opened. From it peaked, the head of a delta-force member.
"Is it safe yet?" Someone shouted as quietly as they could from below. He motioned for the other person to quite down.
"Not yet." He whispered back.
Damn there are replicas everywhere! Suddenly the replica turned in his general direction. "Target spotted!" He shouted immediately alerting the rest of his team. A few shots fired all just barely missing him.
He lost hold of the ladder. "Let's get out of here!" He dropped to his knees throwing himself to his feet as hard as he could. They ran as more gun fire followed. "Get them!" The replica jumped down and opened fire once more.
The delta-team ran as fast as they could, splashing through the slimy decayed sewage water. Not far behind them were the replicas gaining momentum. A small battle started between the two squads. The SFOD-D team exchanged fire with the replica team "Echo 7". By the time they had to reload the replicas lost two men, the delta team suffered no casualties. "We need reinforcements!" That was a bad sign.
When it was all over the squad was dead. The team panted. There were five in all. "More will come. We better get a move on." Their weapons reloaded and continued to move through the city's sewage system. At least none of those power armors can navigate down here.
Charlie the leader of the team took the rear. He faced the opposite direction into the darkness before moving. There in the blink of an eye a small blotch of a reddish color vanished. He closed his eyes taking in some deep breaths. I must be loosing it.
Crumbling buildings and explosions rocked the whole tunnel causing small traces of stone to chip off the ceiling. Going up there meant instant death, they all knew that.
Right above them two teams of replicas tried to listen for any movements. The man hole next to them was open. They could hear everything that the delta team was saying or doing. "Bravo 13 you ready?" They all nodded. "Remember leave no survivors!" One at a time each of them jumped through.