Starship Troopers: Battle at Bunker Hill
Authors Note: For those that haven't seen Starship Troopers. Head for the nearest Blockbuster!
Chapter 1: Welcome to Hell
I wiped the sweat off my fore head. The blazing sun of Klendathu was unbearable under my entire amour. I don't know why we wore it; it wasn't any good against the bugs. We had been through hell in the past few weeks. The first battle was the worst. I don't know how I survived, let alone the entire Roughnecks. All I remember was that I was firing for my life. Warriors dug their claws into any Terran infantry. The battlefield that night was soaked in red and green blood. I barely escaped with my life.
We received a distress call saying that an outpost, named Bunker Hill was having trouble. I was thinking what was in store for us. Tankers, Warriors, and Hoppers, oh my! I've had bad experiences with Tankers. I almost lost a leg to its acid. Our previous Corporal was seriously corroded by that orange liquid. The only way to kill them is to shoot them in the eyes or something like that. But a brave soldier (Rico, or something like that) did the unthinkable to kill a Tanker. If I recall, he jumped on its back, fired till the exoskeleton was breached and dropped a grenade into it. I remember trying to find cover after that. I sure as hell didn't want acid on me! That Rico was going places.
"Everyone get down!" the Sergeant roared. Everyone hit the dirt. We all crawled up to a small ditch. I asked the Sergeant what was going on. He pointed with two of his fingers to his eyes, then over the ditch. I peeked over. There were two Warriors communicating outside a hole. "Bug hole," the Sergeant whispered. "Rico! Where's that nuke?" The same soldier that took down the Tanker ran up with the rocket launcher. "I want those Bugs nuked!" Sergeant ordered. Rico and his girlfriend aimed the launcher at the hole. The nuke was fired and flew past the Bugs, it flew down. They screeched and started to move to us. They paused and looked at their hole. The ground shook. "Everyone take cover!"
The nuke activated. Fire flew out of the hole like a screaming dragon of flames. The two Warriors were instantly roasted. I looked up from my crouched position. Bits of disembodied Bugs flew over my head. "Fucking bugs" I laughed. The guy next to me laughed as well. We still had no idea.
I marched with the troop chanting. "1, 2, 3, 4! We kill Bugs in war! 5, 6, 7, 8! Bugs we will annihilate!" We all cheered. The Bugs are just ignorant creatures, trying to take on the greatest federation in the solar system. The Terran Federation. Still, we couldn't get sidetracked from the mission. The Comm. tech expert was trying to contact the soldiers at Bunker Hill. "Sir, I'm not getting a signal" he said to the General. "It's because of all these rocks," he replied. "Try getting higher." The Comm. Tech man got on top of the rocks. We just walked on, letting him do his job. "Come in Bunker Hill, this is Roughneck 19, come in Bun….AHHHHH!"
We spun around to see what was happening. Nothing was there, the Comm. Technician was gone! We looked around. I felt something fall on my hand. I glanced down. There was a small splat of crimson on my knuckles. It was blood. I looked up. "Hopper!" I screamed. A large wasp-scorpion Bug flew past our heads. The Comm. Tech was impaled on its stinger. It perched itself onto a near by cliff. The Technician tried to crawl away, but the Hopper thrusted its stinger repeatedly into him. I got my sniper rifle. I looked into the scope and saw a close up. Blood was being splattered but the Technician was still alive. I aimed for the Hopper. The General suddenly grabbed my rifle. He fired. The bullet went through the Technician's head, leaving the Hopper a free meal without all the killing.
"I'd expect you to do the same," he said to all of us. "Got it?" We all stood rigid. "Sir Yes Sir!" we all shouted. We continued to march onwards, glancing around for Hoppers. This was worst than the stuff in nightmares.
We soon found Bunker Hill amongst the hills. I wondered what was in store for us.