Operation Gatecrasher, ADVENT Central Area, Pretoria
Menace 1-5; Marcella 'Hellsing' Kolpi, Cyla 'Blake' Hawk, Jay 'Sev' Angrahm & Sum 'Ting' Wong.
"Menace 1-5, this is avenger, comms are set up, how copy?"
"Good copy Avenger, we're moving on the target now."
"Roger that, good luck down there, we're all counting on you."
They looked overhead to see Firebrand moving the Skyranger away from them, hopefully the quick deployment would not have alerted ADVENT, or they would be in trouble. They all quickly moved in to cover.
"Looks like they didn't spot us yet, but keep calm, I don't want anything stupid ruining the mission."
"Lead the way, Jay" Wong said with a grin on his face, all Jay could do was shake his head and move up first to the nearby statue.
"Three grunts near the target on our side, Captain and two more near the right side, they are not paying attention to us yet, so move up."
"Right behind you" he heard Wong say as the man quickly dashed up beside him, the two ladies following not far behind.
"Looks like the guys on the right won't spot us if we stay on the left."
"In that case let's get in to position, shall we?" Jay looked up from the position he just moved to, to see Hawk dart up not far from him to get a shot on the troopers.
"Ok, lets do this properly, set an ambush and then go loud, got it?" He looked around to his squad, and even Wong nodded.
"Get ready, Wong... NOW!"
The troopers looked around confused about the sudden sound, just as one spotted Wong stepping out from behind the pillar with a grin on his face before shouting :"You guys looking for me?"
The troopers shielded themselves for the blast as the grenade blew up right in the middle of them, but as they all ran to cover, the rest of the squad sprung in to action.
"Three grunts down for the count, and looks like one dropped something."
While Wong, Hawk and Hellsing looked at the trooper's corpse, Jay moved up to peak around the other side of the pillar. The captain had heard the noise, and immediately saw him.
"Mor'than'a Bolat!"
The captain and his troops quickly ran to cover, but XCOM responded quick, as Hawk and Wong dashed to the right and shot wildly at the captain, both barely missing.
"Dammit guys, take aim before you shoot!" Hellsing shouted the words out loud as she pinned the captain's head to the platform of the monument.
Just as she took cover again though, one of the troopers dashed around the other side of the thing and aimed his rifle at Wong.
"Wong, get the f*ck down!" Wong only had to take one look to see why and he dived straight on his stomach behind his cover, as both troopers unlashed a salvo of rounds at where his head just had been.
"Hawk, loop around and shoot that guy!"
But as Hawk ran to position, out of the shadows came two bugs the size of half a man dashing towards them, right behind each other.
Almost as an automated reaction she plucked the pin from her grenade and threw it straight at them. Jay, standing closest heard her reaction and quickly turned to the other side of the statue, and once he saw those nightmarish things threw another grenade right at them, ending them as quickly as they had arrived. Hellsing had moved up too to take a shot but when she saw the monsters going up in an explosion, she jerked to the right, hitting the wall besides the trooper instead of it's head.
The trooper responded immediately by dashing to the other side again, as Wong's bullets flew over it's head, and took aim against Hawk, who took nearly the full impact with her Kevlar vest. She gasped for air as her lungs let out all the air inside of them from the shock, and she nearly doubled over. Just as she looked up she saw the loot explode with a few miniature 'bangs'.
"Well, that stuff is gone now... Hellsing, no!"
Hellsing dashed to the other side as Hawk retreated back, and got hazed by a hail of bullets, barely managing to stand up straight and keep course.
"Oh, I'll make you bastards pay for that one." Wong ran right up behind Hellsing and slid the last meter on his feet through the grass as he turned around and riddled a trooper's body with bullets until it fell over.
The other trooper quickly repositioned and fired another salvo at Hellsing, who ironically just bent over to feel her ribs so that the salvo missed her. She looked up with an icy stare and she could have sworn she saw the trooper break under her gaze. She ran up ahead, grenade in hand and hit it right at the trooper's feet, destroying the cover it was standing behind.
Wong ran up and shot at the trooper's feet shouting :"Dance, you bitch!" with an almost amusing tone. Almost amusing, the rage was there to be felt.
"Play time is over Wong." Wong looked around to see Jay taking aim and putting the trooper out of her misery.
"Yeah, yeah... let's just get this over with then. Hawk, you got the charges ready?"
After a quick rustle Hawk came running as fast as she could with her bruised ribs, and planted the X4 charges on the monument.
"Avenger, this is Menace 1-5, all hostiles are down and the charges are planted, clear the signal to Firebrand."
"Copy that Menace 1-5, Firebrand is en route."
They all looked at the news footage of the monument in ruins, on the Bridge and in the medbay too, where Hellsing and Hawk had been taken up with broken and bruised ribs respectively, but they all cheered. They all knew, that with a start like this, their campaign might face all odds, but it would be oddly legendary.
