A/N: Haha i've found time to make the second chapter, now just so you all know I kinda work at my own pace so... yeah chapter updates will be late and slow but will be improving through out the course so ya... Into the story!
Chapter 2: The Basics
Camp Thermopylae
1130 hours
Living quarters
"I am very sure you are all tired from your trip... ahh, here we go."
As all of them came to a stop, Director Alexander pulled out a keycard and swiped it on top of the digital lock and the door opened.
"This is where you will be staying for the duration of your stay in the camp."
The team of scientists went into the room, they noticed two bunk beds and two tables, a window letting the morning's light come and light the room and on top is a flourescent light.
"Quite roomy in my opinion" Dr. Ivan said while viewing the scenery outside. As the scientists were setting down their bags, Dr. Ivan and Dr. Glukhovsky were fighting on who got top bunk on one of the bunk beds.
"You nitwitt, top bunk's mine"
"No, I got there first and so its mine"
"You wanna know the horrors of the 'camps'?"
"Not if I show you the horrors of the Gulag first" as both men went into fighting stances their rumble was quickly interupted by the director forcing both to back off and look at his direction while getting the attention of the two other scientsts.
"Before these two gents start brawling, here are your visitor keycards, keep these with you at all times and DO NOT lose them"
All of them got there respective keycards, they have noticed they have their basic information imprinted on the cards.
"Why do they have our medical and police records imprinted?" Dr. Hinoda said while examining the card.
"Its for safety reasons duh, would you honestly want the guards staring at you on the floor while you have an inflamed throat because they don't know why this happened?" Dr. Anders said while stuffing the card into her pocket.
"But why the police records?" said Dr. Glukhovsky while secretly trying to steal the top part of the bunk.
"Because dick for brain, were in a military instalation, you wouldn't want guys with previous criminal records roaming around the place." Dr. Ivan pulled his friend of the top bunk, ending up with both of them on the floor while the two other scientists were laughing and the director holding his laughter back, but only to fail.
"Before I forget, here is the map of the camp, yellow means you can go here anytime you wish, like the mess hall or the study hall, orange means you need security to escort you through the area places like the training grounds, the shooting range and the living quarters of the trainees, and last but not least, red meaning only a few can go here, the zone color changes through the time so do keep track of time will you lads" said the director before handing them their maps
"May I know where the toilets are?" said Dr. Anders before the director left
"Ahh yes, you will be sharing with the trainees, but don't worry chaps, we will have shower enclosures set up for your sake, ohh and I want to introduce you to the trainees before dinner, meet us in the general assembly area before three o' clock, there's gonna be a general assembly to explain why your here, so I advise you to roam around the place, see you in a bit lads" the director said before heading out towards his office.
"You wanna check the place out Anders?" said Ivan pointing at the door behind him
"I'll catch some sleep first, take Glukhosky with you" Anders said while readying herself for some much needed rest
"Why him?"
"Its either him or Dr. Hinoda"
"Well he's busy... goddammit, get your ass off the bed Glukhovsky lets go around"
"Well I don't feel like sleeping anyway, alright comrade lets go" Glukhosky said before he got out of the top bunk he had finally claimed by threatening to throw Ivan's laptop out of the window.
Somewhere in the camp
1200 hours
"How weird, classrooms" said Glukhovsky while looking at classes going on
"Maybe there learning oh I don't know, military tactics or something" said Ivan
They got closer and looked through the glass on the door, upon gazing through the window, the students are in full combat armor camoflauged desert camo, wearing a modified balistic vest, kevlar pauldrons, kevlar elbow and knee padding, along with kevlar padding on their arms, forearms and legs, they were also wearing shin guards, but what got their attention is their helmets
"Whoa, I've never seen helmets like that before" said Ivan while glaring at the helmet on one of the student's table
"Looks like they slapped a piece of armor plating, put a slit and stuffed a piece of glass polarized blue, won't that limit their vision?" said Glukhovsky in return of his friend's statement
"How odd, well lets head to... uuuhhhhh, the training grounds I guess"
"Sure"
But their plans were interupted by the sound of a bell, as the bell rang the doors opened releasing the hoard of trainees, some just walked by, others saluted them as they walked by, Glukhovsky walked up to one of the trainees to ask a question.
"Excuse me my little comrade, but what does this bell ringing at this time mean?"
The trainee looked skeptical at the question but upon looking at his ID, he removed his helmet and told him"The bell ringing now means its lunch break, you must be one of the visitors, my friend told me, please excuse me but me and my platoon must report to the mess hall in... 2 minutes" the trainee started walking towards the mess hall at a fast pace.
"Lunch time?"
"Lunch time"
Mess Hall
1220 hours
The two freinds got their servings and were now looking for a table to eat on but couldn't find one
"Well were out of tables, this sucks" Ivan said with dissapointment and hunger on his face
"Comrade look, it's Dr. Hinoda and Anders, they found us a table"
"Alright lets go"
As the two friends made their way to the table, they passed by a number of trainees talking about common interests, updates on their grades in hand-to-hand combat or their academics but what caught their attention was that they were those, if not most who were talking about things someone in this program wouldn't be talking about like video games, relationships, plans for the end of the week, it gave the two a sense that the program has not taken away all their social and self needs.
As the two approched the table they heard Dr. Hinoda and Director Alexander conversing on the Spartan program.
"So this program has been active since 1989, intresting, but why" the doctor said while poking his food with his fork to see how hard the roasted beef was
"Well it was beleived that if they were to have children, their skills would rub of to the kids, but of course that raised suspicion of child soldiers." said the director while preparing to put a piece of bread into his mouth.
"Isn't that what you are doing" said Glukhovsky setting his tray of food down on the table and adjusting himself to a more comfortable seating position.
"No, not at all, you see they only will fight against the Shadows as to simulate the most accurate enemies they will encounter, and they will never see active combat duties until they are of legal age which is 18 or 21, it's up to them if they want to see active combat duty by 18 or later, but they will be put on duty by force by the age of 21." said the director with a face that shows no offense to what Dr. Glukhovsky has said.
"Wait, who are these 'Shadows' ?" said Dr. Ivan while having his mouth full of smoked fish.
"One, don't speak with food in your mouth" an apologetic look eas given by Dr. Ivan ad he continued to listen "And number two, Shadows are the first products of the program from 1989 and is the highest rank any trainee can get when they graduate." said the director while signaling one of his men to come to him.
"This is Superintendent Ahad, he was previously a Saudi Arabian special forces member and is a Shadow, do introduce yourself lad" said the director, prompting him to itroduce himself.
"Plesure to meet you doctors" he said with a warm smile while reaching out his hand to shake theirs.
"Are the two in my office Ahad?" whispered the director to the superintendent
"Yes sir, they have eaten their lunch and are now awaiting for your arival" whispered the superintendent in return of the previous question.
"Now if you chaps are done, do follow me to my office" said the director while standing up and cleaning himself of the possible crumbs that may have been on his uniform.
Director Alexander's office
Ground floor, East wing
1300 hours
Two trainees in full combat gear were awaiting for their supperiors to arrive in the office staring into the walls as if there was something of intrests on the wall until one of them broke the air of silence
"Dude, I know your still bogged down by the 'incident' you went through, but you don't have to affect how you command our platoon, Captain or not." said the dark skinned trainee switching his gaze to his fellow trainee.
"Raf, we talked about this, this will make us more combat effective and our surviva-" but was cut of by Raf standing up and yelling.
"Gah! Your bulshit excuse is nothing to me, I'm your cousin, I know what happened so don't you dare use that on me, just move on dammit!" yelled the Lieutenant while pointing a finger at his CO
"I will not tolerate insubordination in my platoon, let alone my squad Raf, now stand down" said the Captain with a stern face while trying to keep his cool.
"Listen to yourself Sten, you've practically lost your humanity because of-" Raf was cut of by his superior standing up with a face so frightening that it could be just as powerful as the Tsar Bomba itself.
Face filled with rage, he was ready to knock him out, maybe even kill him, he grabbed Raf by the shouders, Sten's height gave him the advantage to lift Raf and pin him against the wall. "She was the cause! Everyone hated me! She broke my heart and Dima's along with it! So I gave them what they wanted to prove, a goddamn monster!" he said releasing the pain in his chest and dropping Raf ont the floor "That's what they called me, a fucking monster, for days, weeks, months, so I gave it to them, I showed them all" Sten said in a soft tone, tears sliding down his cheeks.
"Just let it out buddy, but not now, we have visitors to impress" Raf said giving his CO a comforting hug and helping him of the floor. "Thanks, b-but they won't understand" Sten said while controling the sobs
"Look at me, who are you" Raf said to his cousin. "Captain Sten Abascus, squad leader of Delta squad" he replied with his gaze on the floor. "And our family is not full of people who stay in the past but..." Raf said to his cousin. "We are people who move forward no matter what the cost is" the cousins said in unison.
"I need to go to the bathroom to freshen up, you know.." Sten said with sadness in his words
"Don't worry, I got you covered" Raf said as he turned to his seat
Behind the window was the group, they have watched and heard everything that happened. "Who is this 'she' the taller one was talking about" asked Dr. Glukhovsky with a voice that sounded concerning
"He went through a sketchy relationship" said the superintendent answering the question of the doctor. "But is he mentaly stable director" asked Dr. Hinoda refering to the trainee that entered the bathroom. "I assure you he is, in the training sims, he has shown an increase in preformance and command of his platoon by 47% and his squad preformance has increased by 78%" said the director holding a tablet with the reports of their last simulation.
"Oh, looks like someone is using rage as a fuel source" said Dr. Anders with a sheepish smile on her face.
As the Captain emerged from the toilet, he was greeted by a Hi-five from his cousin, he sat down and put his helmet back on and fixed his uniform to look as presentable as possible and finaly put his assault rifle in between his legs.
"Let us not keep them waiting chaps" said the director while reaching for the handle on the door.
As the door opened, both relatives stood at attention as the director entered, "Director Alexander, Sir!" both yelled in unison, their stance was a perfect example of their disiplinary ways, feet slightly apart, right hand slightly above the right eyebrow, left hand holding the assault rifle near there left leg. "At ease you two" said the director as the two picked up there rifles and held them with both hands with the barrel pointin downwards. As the rest of the group had entered, none of the two moved an inch or looked at them, some would consider it rude, but they were trained to be ready for anything without looking suspicous or being to obvious. "Now, these are the people who had requested for you to, don't you think you two lads should introduce yourselves?" said the director while sitting down behind his table grabing to files. Sten was the first to speak "Captain Sten Abascus, squad leader of Delta squad, leader of 2nd Platoon." Sten said swiftly but with a still stern face. Next was Raf he took a deep breath before he introduced himself "Lieutenant Raf Abascus, second in command of Delta squad also second in command of 2nd Platoon" he said with a small smile on his face.
"Ooh, brothers I assume?" said Dr. Hinoda with a quizical look. "No sir, just cousins" Raf replied swiftly. "They are practicaly a two man army together, there parents instructed them to look out for each other, and now look, I have an easier time seperating the dirt in the fish tank filter than seperating them, unless it's under orders or logical reasons, you could call them brothers" said the superintendent while fixing his pistol holster.
"Here are their files, you can ask them necessary and logical questions, I have to prepare for the general assembly, see you in a bit." the director said while closing the door, the superintendent soon. "I have to answer this call, good luck you, these three love to ask questions" said Dr. Hinoda as he left for their quarters. The cousins new that they were in for quite a ride. "So, let the questioning begin" Dr. Glukhovsky said trying to look like a madman.
30 minutes later
Raf was lying on the floor laughing along with Dr. Glukhovsky due to Sten's apperance, his face was red all over, he could be considered camoflauged in a bed of roses. "W-was the questions about my relations ship with h-her that necessary?" Sten said while rubbing the back of his neck. Due to Raf's description of him being so serious all the time except with friends, it was rare for Raf to see him break like that."Yes, they haha, were q-quite necessary, hahaha" said Dr. Anders finally bursting into laughter. "Don't you think were being a little bit to harsh on the kid?" said Dr. Ivan trying to side with the Gunnery Sergeant. "I have not seen him break like that ever since 3 years ago" Raf said finally controling his laughter. Dr. Glukhovsky said a few curses in Russian while laughing before he got up.
"So, I wanna know what's with the gear, especially the helmet." inserted Dr. Ivan to help get the pressure of the sarge. "Yes I agree, it looks like it would limit vision which im quite sure is important in combat" said Dr. Glukhovsky while examining the helmet.
Raf got his helmet back from the scientist and puts it on his lap then proceeds to look at his cousin with a look that only had one meaning, 'Should we tell them?. A nod from Sten was immediatley returned by his look. "Well, if you guys want to start from this, then ok." replied Raf in a cautious tone. "So the helmet consists of three parts, first is the helmet itself, second the battle plate and third the ICM." said Sten in a calm voice.
"So the battle plate is the face shield, but what is this ICM?" said Dr. Anders while examining the the helmet.
Raf beat Sten to the punch and replied "ICM is also known as the 'Internal Computer Module' and yes it it's what makes up for the lack of vision". But Sten quickly replied "There are different programs for each ICM, mine has the Commander program installed, it helps in marking enemies, allies and non-combatants for the whole team along with marking routes for the rest of the team and other things, there are different programs like the Marksman module, Demolitions module, Medic module, Infantry module and the CQB module, but each basic ICM comes with a Heads up Display or HUD along with what us trainees call a gift from the deity we worship, the new VISR or Visual Intelegence System Reconnaissance, how it works is classified." Sten said as if he were advertising the helmet.
"So I pressume this is where the ICM is located?" said Dr. Ivan while pointing at the bulging square.
"Yep, they say its the strongest part of the entire thing" Raf said with amazment in his voice. "So, what are you guys doing here" Sten played with one of the flaps of the ammo holder on his Vest.
"We can't say yet but-" Dr. Anders was cut short when the director came back in, the two immediatly stood and greeted their commanding officer, after they all settled down the director had adjusted his sitting position to a more comfortable position.
"Sten, Raf, I don't know how to say this but i'll just say it anyway, we're sending you through a portal for... 'reconnasaince puposes' here are your need to knows" the director handed them the files from his desk. As the cousins skimmed through the files, there eyes grew wider and wider after each flip of the file.
"So, you're sending us in to preform 'reconnasaince' in a world with giants who eat people, greeeaat" Raf said sarcasticly as he slumped onto his chair. "Do we have any clue how to take these things down without the use of AT weapons?"Sten continued to go through the file as he sat down as well.
"Yes we do" Dr. Hinoda spoke up from the corner of the room. He inserted a flash drive into the breifing monitor and played a file. As the file played, they saw UN guards fighting the giant until a rocket had hit it's neck and then the video paused. "We were able to freeze the thing before it evaporated, yes that's right, evaporate" all eyes except for the doctor's colleuges were directed at him. "We saw that it had taken multiple rounds to the head but has had no effect, now, the guards were firing 5.56mm rounds, I believe that larger rounds can penetrate further for obvious reasons" the doctor switch to a slideshow and continued. "We have watched the footage numerous times and the only conclusion we have is that the only weakpoint of this beast is in the neck, sadly the neck area was blown to bits as such, we were not able to recover any". Everyone in the room had stares of awe and intrest.
"So, we're being armed with what?" Sten broke the silence with his question.
"The standard, the SCAR-H with your personal attachments, a SMAW rocket launcher, a Miklor MGL, along with an AS50 we dumped the M9s and replaced them with Mark XIX Desrt Eagle due to the calibre they chamber and of course your survival packs, both of you will split with the SMAW, AS50 and the Miklor, you leave in 16 hours." The superintendent turned of the breifing monitor
"16 hours?! Don't you think that's to early?" Raf adjusted his balistic vest ad he got to a more comfortable position.
"Yes it is. But we can't argue with the head of the UN, sucks for us. Now, you two follow me." The superintendent stood from his chair and began to walk to the door.
"Can we tell anyone else? They could think we got killed in secret or something." Raf started to panic but it was not visible.
"I thought I was training elite soldiers, not jarheads." The superintendent's reply was clear, it was top secret and they are only supposed to be freinds, nothing more nothing less.
"Tell that to the rest of them" Sten thought to himself, k owing that mist of the platoon he was comanding were trying to engage in relationships, but it wasn't prohibited.
Main Armory
Ground floor, West wing
1530 hours
The two cousins were exempted from the general assembly, the sound of clapping and their chant "Ad Servite, Munias et Revela" (To Serve, Protect and Commit) was chanted thrice, and that was the sign that the general assembly was over.
"Guess it's over, why are you two still here" The arms master said with a heavy German accent.
"Classified" both said in unison. As the two got what they needed, they went to a nearby table and olaced the weapons on the table.
"Ok, so we're gonna have to split these, what are you taking?" Sten leaned on the table for support and let out a sigh. Raf's answer was by picking up the SMAW and began to see how much it weighed. "Alright, so I guess I take the Miklor, what about the sniper?" Sten grabed the Miklor and attached a foregrip and an Holograpgic sight. "Dunno, who's the better shot?" Raf attached a laser guidance system on the SMAW. The decision was made when Sten grabbed the rifle and began to examine it, he replaced the stock bipod with a different bipod and put it back on the table.
The arms master had received a file from the director himself, he has declassified the operation only for him. The arms master had stood up and grabbed two odd weapons and two ammo boxes from the shelf and approched the two."If your gonna exploring in a different world, might as well take these." he presented them with the four items, the two looked at what seemed to be a crossbow, but with some sort of reeling mechanism.
"What your looking at is the XM431 Vertical Scaling Device, this thing will propel you up at 45 km/h, shoot the bolt, pull the trigger to start your climb, it has a sensor to know when it should hit the breaks, when an EMP hits it or you have to break yourself just release the trigger and it should stop." he handed the other VSD to Raf.
"Should?" Raf replied while examining the VSD.
"It's a prototype but it hasn't failed anyone yet" the statement of the arms master comforted them to a certain degree."What's the ammo boxes for?" Sten said with a hint of concern if the mission just got harder or not? "Those are traquilizer rounds." the older man said. The two cousins opened the boxes and were greeted with what was promised. "Uh, they dont expect us to capture these huge bitches right?" Raf was going through the contents of the box. "Watch your language" the arms master pointed at Raf menacingly, Raf resoonded with a nod. "The eggheads believe that there could be 'locals' who could be hiding from them or something." the arms master attached an additional two more scaling cords and attached a rotary triple barrel bolt casing to the VSDs and placed it back on the table.
"I wouldn't be surprised if they lived deep underground though." Raf said jokingly, Sten immediately replied "Or they could be living behind giant walls for all we know." he grabbed his helmet and opened the armored covering of the ICM and proceded to put another data chip in it, Raf did so as well.
2nd-5th Platoons living quarters
North wing, 4th floor
1630 hours
After an hour, they knew how to use the VSDs they both decided to have some rest and then prepare to leave for the research lab in the Pacific.
"Can't believe we have to be thrown into quarantine for a week when we come back." Raf had been ranting about the procedures they had to go through when they come back.
"Protocol dictates action, deal with it." Sten scanned his keycard and proceeded to open the door, the room was empty and clean, a good sign that nothing happened. Both of them had removed their armor, only leaving their fatigues on. Raf had proceeded to get a book and begun reading while Sten had went to go get some rest. Soon after Raf had followed and fell asleep while reading, the room was quiet and peaceful, something that is rare to see in the camp.
Two hours later
As Sten shifted sleeping positions he heard the door open, he heard the creaking of the door open, but he didn't mind it, he was to intoxicated by sleep to care at all, but he had stopped not caring when he felt his head connect with the floor, a groan of pain came from Sten, as he opened his eyes, he saw the same figuer pull Raf out of his bed except the difference was Raf still asleep until the figuer had kicked him in his chest, both prepared to charge at their attacker until the lights turned on, only to reveal their squadmate.
"What are you guys doing?" She said as she got closer to her personal trunk.
"Rose? What the living fuck, why would you do that." This was one of Raf's weaknesses, even the instructors would say that to get information out of him was to wake him up painfully.
"Well, it's not fair that you two are snoozing while the rest of us have our shit cut out for us." she spat back as if the two were slacking of continously. "We were told we should get some rest we leave in a few hou-" Raf was cut chort when Sten had put his mphand on his mouth. "Go where?" Rose replied. "It's classified" Sten had tucked in his fatigues into his pants. "Well, whatever, it's almost dinner time, so go make yourselves look presentable, you look like you were thrown in the garbage chute." she had walked back out of the room to go do who knows what.
"I'll take her advice, I'm going to the showers or you wanna go first." though they took showers all together, the fact that it was still early for one meant that anyone could take a shower in privacy. Sten was answered with a snore as he went to get a new pair of clothes from his trunk.
2nd-5th Platoons living quarters
North wing, 4th floor
0500 hours
By this time, most of them would be still asleep, aside from the instructors and support staff, in the room of Delta squad, everyone was still asleep except for Sten and Raf.
"You ready bro?" Raf whispered to his cousin, his question was answered when Sten finally put his kevlar vest on and gave him a nod, as the two had gone out of the room they were immiediatly greeted by Dr. Anders.
"Hey guys, so are you ready?" Dr. Anders was in quite a cheery mood.
"We just have to get our things from the armory and then will be good to go." Raf replied.
"Oh, don't worry, they were already inside the transports outside. Here, these are for you two, c'mon, let's go." Dr. Anders handed them two paper bags, the two opened the bags and were greeted by a sandwich, they supposed it was made by her.
The two made it out of the main entrance to be greeted by the director himself. The director had notioned to them to cut the formalities due to how late they were. They entered one of the transports and began their journey to the airport.
UN Secret research lab
Somewhere in the Pacific
0600 hours
Breifing room A
They had got enough rest and a proper meal everyone was waiting for the breifing to start. "So... who are we waiting for" the AV operator had broke the silence. "We're waiting for the last VIP." the superintendent replied. "Really, who?" the AV operator shot back.
As if on cue the doors opened, in a split-second, everyone stood up, Director Alexander had walked up to the woman.
"Secretaty General, glad you could join us." the director welcomed the last person. He signaled the AV operator to start the breifing. The superintendent had walked up on stage to begin.
"So, let us begin" the slide switched "Operation Columbus will begin in two hours, our goal is to find resources and scout the selected area for these things" the slide changed to a 'hideous' humanoid "We have dubbed these things as 'Giants' due to their size and intelect. Now if we are to find a 'alien' may you call it, we will be-" the superintendent was stoped by the head of the UN "If we find living creatures capable of civilization, scrap your plan of capturing 'their' resources" she said in a tone with authority. "But ma'am we made the contracts with the companies already." the superintendent replied. "Where are the contracts?" a Spartan Instructor handed the contracts to the her, she ripped the papers into shreds, everyone was mezmerized by the action.
"New course of plan, scrap everything containing these monopolizing freaks, I'm the one who aproved of Operation Colombus and I'll change it if and when I see it is needed, now continue Superintendent Ahad."
The AV operator started skipping through numerous slides until he was signaled to stop and close the slideshow instead. "Well since we have had a change of plans, I guess the plan is simple, scout the area, come back alive, you two will have 24 hours before ypwe re-open the portal and if you do encounter a civilization, break through their ranks, get anuthing thay looks viable to use." he gestured to the two cousins.
"And that concludes are breifing. A bit to breif for me." The director chuckled at his own statement. As everyone left the room, the two cousins headed to the armory to get their things prepped for Operation Colombus to begin.
UN Secret research lab
0800 hours
Ground Zero (Testing chamber A)
The sound of weapons being checked and equipment being operated filled the room, Sten checked his helmet and made sure the HUD and ICM were working just fine. "You two must be the candidates who get to go in I see" the Secretary General said. "Y-Yes ma'am." Raf replied while checking the SMAW. "How about you, are you ready?" she switched her gaze onto Sten. "Yes ma'am, just making final preperations." he replied.
Warning sirens went off, scientists started clearing the floor as a blue portal materialized from two pillars. The two had holstered all their weapons and were ready to begin.
"Alright, this is the first time in decades has the Spartan program been highlighted, make us proud and come back safe!" the director yelled as the noise the machine made was immense, they were given a device to track where their exfill portal would be located. "Good luck out there!" the Secretary General wished them luck on their exploration.
The two had flipped down their battle plates on their helmets and turned on the HUD and ICM and went through the portal and thus, Operation Colombus had begun.
Unknown Area
Time unknown
As the two popped out of the portal, it had shut by the time they had looked back. Sten got into a firing position and slammed a fresh clip into his SCAR-H and surveyed the area, while Raf observed the perimiter.
"Damn it's cold, I should have used my thermal undergarments." Sten tried to shake off the cold, he swiched to his AS50 and looked through the scope, what caught his eye was the massive wall "How did I not notice that? Hey Raf, did you notice that wall?"
"What wall, sweet mother of Yuri, that's huge!" Raf said with enthusiasm in his voice. "C'mon, let's get to it and start scaling." Sten swiched back to his assault rifle. As they advanced they started hearing footsteps, both cousins stopped and snapped into defensive positions.
"You hear that?" Raf looked through his Holographic sight. "Fast, seems to be getting close... Shit!" Sten switched his VISR mode on, and his fears were made real, a red highlight in the treeline, measured over 12 meters. "FUCK, RUN FOR IT!" both ran until they reached a rock, Sten set up his AS50, while Raf primed his SMAW and pulled out his rangefinders.
"Bogey is 1 kilometer out, get ready." Raf looked through the rangefinders as he kept track of the 'Giant'. Sten started getting ready to pull the trigger. "Shit, 700m... 600m...500m... Danger close, take the shot." Sten steadliy pulled the trigger sending a 12.7x99 round into where he assumed the spinal bone in the neck would be, the bastard fell and tumbled, for a minute it hasn't moved, it was clear it was dead. "Well, this fat bastard is dead." Raf kicked the evaporating body. "Looks hidious." Sten switched back to his assault rifle. "C'mon, up the wall before more of these bastards show up. They ran until they were at the base of the wall, they pulled out their VSDs and fired at the tip of the wall, when the sensor pinged secure, both pulled the trigger as they were sent travelling up the wall at 45 kph, they reached the top of the wall and re-called their previois bolt they used.
"70m is my guess on the length of this wall." Sten said. "Well, now we know they're not some super advanced race using laser beams of death." Rad gestured to the cannon. Sten went through the ammunition of the cannon. "Shaped H.E. projectiles, well they do mean buisness when it comes to firepower an-" Sten was cut short when a voice from behind was heard.
"Put the ammo down and get on the ground, now!" the strangely uniformed man unsheeted two swords from it's boxy containers. Sten removed the clip in his rifle and switched it to a tranquilizer clip and slammed it into the rifle, Raf did the same thing.
"Put it on the ground now!" the strange man seemed nervous while ordering the two.
Raf got down on the ground slowly, but in a split second, Sten used Raf as a stabilizer for his gun, as he brought up the sights and aimed at the central mass of the man, Sten pulled the trigger.
A/N: This was a brutal chapter to write, with all the writter's block and coming up with differemt ideas, chapter 3 will be quicker because I have been planning thipat chapter for awhile, you can ask any questions regarding the story, reviews are also welcome, but till next time. This is OperatorAlpha signing out, have a good day/afternoom/evening, peace!
P.S. I forgot to mention that this is a joint story with my friend, we're using the same profile, so we share the credit.
