Corneria invades.
It all started in the blink of an eye, hundreds of vessels appeared out of nowhere in the night sky. We were all dumbfounded at the sight before us, we had never seen anything like it. I had just EAS'd out of the marine corps, and was just getting readjusted to civilian life. They didn't bombard us just loads of ships hovering over our cities, I went inside to see what was on the news. I turned on the tv to receive breaking news reports on all channels.
"We are seeing what could be first contact with alien lifeforms" the caster said.
"We now take you live from news copter 4 for the on scene report, Mike"
"Thank you Miranda we can see what appears to be personal ships detaching from carriers, it appears, there is one- OH SHIT". the camera man said just before a green flash and a connection lost sign appeared.
"Oh my god the choppers down" she said welling up in tears.
I turned off the tv and said "I thought my fighting years were over."
at that moment I saw f15s flying over head to try and combat the fighters along with some apache gunships. What I saw next shocked me, the fighters were four times more maneuverable than the fighters on our side, they shot them down like nothing more than mere targets, i saw one shoot a missile at one of the alien ships, and it went up in a ball of green flame and ash.
"Well atleast the ships can be killed" I said in mild relief.
I called my friends up, and told them to get over to my house rikitik.
Jeff asked "what do you have for us?"
I lead them to my office and removed the rug to expose a safe in my floor. I punched in the combo and said "My Marine corps days are over but my fighting days aren't, I have two months until my muster orders kick in and i have to go back into the corps. In the mean time we're on our own."
I opened the safe and threw an AR-15 to Jeff, and then a glock 19. I reached back in too
grab the next weapon, I threw an AK-74 to Jacob. The next up was the big one I grabbed an MG3 out and said catch to Steve.
"Hey, how come he gets the big one?" Jeff complained
"because Steven can't hit a fucking aircraft carrier with a bazooka" I said jokingly
"fuck you, Kieran" he replied
I grabbed my 1911 from the safe and put it in my holster. Then i grabbed my Savage 338 and put it in its case. Then my 416. And then I threw out the ammo bag. There are marksman rifles in the safe grab them while I sort out the ammo. I watched what they picked as is at sorting out the ammo and magazines.
Jeff picked up my M1 and began admiring it.
He then said " I'll take this one".
I snatched the rifle away and said "This is no marksman rifle and its not for you, this is my granddads rifle so its going to him. If you want one like it grab the M1A"
Jacob grabbed the slavshit like he always does and grabbed my Mosin. Steve grabbed the 308 AR. John grabbed the Savage 300 and an additional ar15 in my safe. Finally I grabbed my Barrett and closed the now empty safe.
"Alright load AP ammo and tracer in your mags. We don't know what we're up against so prepare accordingly" I commanded.
. I went back to my room and grabbed some old PPE gear From when in. I threw some packs and some vest out onto the floor outside my room. I told everyone to put the plates in, and they did, I then threw out some helmets and cammies onto the floor.
"put those on and another pair in your packs then start loading firewood, water and food in my truck. Who knows how long this will last." I explained.
We loaded the truck and set off for the forest by the coast. We passed a few checkpoints set up by the national guard and police but they didn't give us too much trouble, more questions on where we got all this stuff. Once at the forest we camo'd the truck and set out on our quads, to find a camp. We found a spot not too far off the beach. We saw helos flying overhead, in regular patrols. we heard gunfire and explosions off in the distance, but other than that the first day wasn't eventful. The second day we set up crude traps such as dead falls and punji sticks and even some land mines we made. We went to bed and slept for a few hours until we were woken up to the sound of one of our snares going off. we went over to the sound to see a humanoid in it dangling about 4 feet off the ground with 3 more of the creatures standing around their comrade trying to free him. They didn't have much gear on them we took up positions on a berm about 20 meters from the trap. put turned on my NOD's and quietly spoke in my headset
"Is everyone ready?"
"In position" jonny said turning on his designator aiming at the one to the right of the ensnared alien.
"Ready" steven said turning on his and aiming at the one to the left
"Weapons on kill". jacob said turning on his designator pointing it on the back of the one in the middle of the bunch
"on your shot" Jeff said turning on his designator.
"roger, On 3, 1,2,3" I whispered.
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"CEASE FIRE CEASE FIRE" I ordered.
Everything went silent after that. We went over to the sight where there was once 3 creatures standing, now sight to 2 dead and one on the ground moaning in pain. I looked at the creature on the ground with its mask on and it muttered something. An insult no doubt, so i drew my 1911 And shot it in the face. Brain splattered all over my boots as a crimson pool formed around its head. I looked over at the ensnared enemy, and proceeded to bash it in the face with the but of my rifle, knocking it out. We drug it back to camp where we would start interrogation. We tied Him up and waited for him to come to.
I pulled up a chair and said "can you understand me?"
it said "Fuck you"
"Name and rank" i said
"corporal matthew mcclelland"
"I'll take that as a yes" I said pulling off his balaclava.
I wasn't sure what to say, It was a… Dog?
"What the fuck" everyone said in unison
"Okay a little weird, anyway next question, how many of there of you are there?"
"Fuck you" he replied
I gave him a punch to the snout and another to the gut. He coughed and said.
"10 million"
"Jesus fucking christ"
"Yes, be afraid human" he said sinisterly
"Well if they all fight like you I don't see much of a problem." i said with a cocky tone.
"Fuck you human" he said angrily
" I would love to have this back and forth with you but I'm short on time and patience. So next question. How many were in reserves last night, because we both know theres another mutt patrol fucking around out here."
"You can't expect me to divulge information that would put my Cornerians in danger?" he said smugly
"Now you see, thats where you're wrong mattie, because thats exactly what I expect you to do" I said as I put a dip in my mouth.
" I respectfully decline." he said quietly
"Ok, I'm going to ask you again. And this time if you respectfully decline I'm going to grab my pliers, and start yanking claws off your hand until you talk" I said coldly
" Fuck you, and your mother." he shouted
"Stevie, pliers" I said not breaking eye contact with the dog.
I took off its glove to reveal a furred hand. I was handed the pliers and put the mouth of them around one of his claws.
"Last chance" I said warningly
He spat in my face and remained silent
"Have it your way" i said coldly.
I clamped down and yanked as hard as i could.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHGGG FUHCK" He yelled after I yanked.
I set my pliers on his thumb and said " I can do this all day, you have plenty of claws"
"Alright, alright, just please no more" he begged.
"Good, now thats thats settled, the positions…Please" I said tauntingly
"Their landing on the beach in one hour in search for us"
"How many?"
" five hundred and seven, there's another in the forest about half a kilometer north from you"
"Good, now you take a nap" I said.
I then wrapped my arm around his throat and squeezed until he fell limp. we hopped on our quads and went north half a klik. We found the footsteps of a previous patrol and we heard talking off in the distance. We set our 'guest' in the middle of the trail handcuffed, and gagged. we put on our ghillie suits and waited. about 10 minutes later the patrol came by and noticed the note. We left on his back.
"Its matt, he's been bound and gagged. Theres a note on his back, it says "Put your fucking hands up." OH SHIT." yelled the guard before The militants popped up behind each of the members.
I had my pistol trained on his back.
"Drop your fucking weapon" I said
He complied and dropped his weapon and I went to cuff him. But he decided to be cheeky and turned and grabbed my 1911. He punched me in the face in tried to disarm me, but that didn't end so well because when he punched my weapon went off on the side of his abdomen. He yelped in pain and went down to clutch his bullet wound. I promptly knee'd him in the chin and jumped on top of him.
"Nice try fucker, but I'm the best" I said holstering my sidearm.
"Please I have a family" he begged.
" The next time any of you little shits tries to pull something like that again, you'll be getting fairly acquainted with the business end of my knife." I explained.
"now tell me exactly where to that landing force is coming from or the next bullet goes in your head" I threatened.
He was real compliant after a shot to the gut. and told us everything we needed to know about the landing force. They were landing about 1 mile from the from our campsite just to the front on the beach. We stripped their gear and set it on fire. We sent them back with nothing more than their boots and pants. I bandaged the wounded dog and sent them out
"IF JUST ONE OF YOU LOOKS BACK EVERYONE DIES NOW GET FUCKING WALKING" I ordered cracking round off into the air.
We set off back to camp to gear up for the assault. We grabbed the biggest weapons we could get. It included the MG3, a 240L, and a PKM. 10 minutes before the landing we placed landmines that we made on the waterfront and the set up the mgs on the on a sand berm. In the distance we saw 5 white naval vessels approaching at great speed. We charges the machine guns and waited for the landing. The ships were almost on the beach when the doors opened and many Cornerian soldiers jumped into the water. We opened fire.
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Bullets were flying into the openings of the ships rounds there was red mist coming out of the tops of the vessels. Those who weren't killed immediately made it onto the beach and returned fire at us with their weapons. They were good shots but our cover was superior. Beams impacted the berm in front of us. sand and dust kicked up along with shards of glass, on the horizon we could see purple contrails of fighters coming In.
"Oh shit, they got air" Jeff said
"FALL BACK TO CAMP" I commanded.
I stood up but as soon as i did a beam shot past me grazing my arm
"FUCK, I'M HIT" I screamed
We continued to fall back in a knick of time, for our old position was nothing more than a massive crater. We made it back but we ran into a problem, there were enemy troops all over our camp. Unfortunately they noticed us, and began firing upon us. we got down and shot into camp. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRT, went the mg3 as it started ripping into the enemy. Laser fire cut into the Oak trees we were in cover behind, lighting them on fire. I grabbed my 416 and shot two combatants. the machine gun began to rip again and then all went quiet. Then we heard screams, deafening and blood curdling screams of enemy soldiers. Then a scream from our side.
"OH SHIT JACOBS DOWN" Steven screamed in a frightened tone.
I rushed over to him to see a clean hole straight through his abdomen. Blood was pouring out. I tried to stop the bleeding, but it was no use. He bled to death in my arms. Enraged I walked into camp to find a lone soldier hands in the air. The weapon by his side was smoking which indicated he was the one who shot Jacob. I beat him until he was coughing up blood. I climbed off him and cocked my pistol.
"P-Please no" the dog begged
"You killed Jacob" I said coldly.
"Y-Y-YOU KILLED MY FRIENDS TOO" He retorted.
"MY FRIENDS DIDN'T INVADE YOUR PLANET!"
"NO, DON'T"
"YES, as in yes you are about to die"
"NO DON'T"
"But first you are going to fucking dig." I ordered
He dug a hole about 4 feet when we walked over.
"I'm not f-finished"
"yeah thats what you think" Jeff said coldly
we pulled him out but as soon as we did He jumped back in and continued to dig
"NO IM NOT FINISHED"
We cocked our weapons, and he began to cry.
"Get on your knees" I ordered
"W-what?" wimpered the dog
"ON YOUR KNEES" I reiterated
We blindfolded him and stood him up.
"Walk a thousand paces in that direction and turn yourself into the next patrol. WALK!"
I then noticed I was still bleeding. I patched my self up and we buried Jacob.
We didn't have time to mourn. We had to relocate.
"break this shit down, we gotta leave."
End of chapter 1