AN: Hey, I've been very busy lately but finally managed to get this chapter finished. Unfortunately it isn't beta'd because I haven't posted anything in a while and just wanted to get something updated but hopefully there aren't too many miscakes :). This chapter is for those who encouraged me to continue this story. Reviews are appreciated.
Location: Outside Blue Base, Valhalla.
The three members of Red Team were crouched behind a large boulder in front of the Blue's base. They had very carefully sneaked up to there current position as to not alert anyone to their presence. They were currently surveying the area ahead of them for any enemies when Sarge spoke.
"Okay, now do you two remember the plan?" Sarge asked.
"Plan, what plan?" Simmons asked a bit hysterically, "All you told us back at the base was to shut up and follow you."
"Of course, the details were on a need to know basis," Sarge explained.
"Then how exactly are we suppose to know what to do?" Grif asked.
"Err, fine," Sarge conceded, "the plan is this. We lay low and wait for the Blues to lower their guard, when they do Simmons and I will open fire on their base. While we're distracting them Grif will-"
"Here it comes," Grif said interrupting Sarge.
"As I was saying, while the blue are concentrating on me and Simmons Grif will sneak around back and enter their base. Once inside he will set off the small thermal nuclear bomb that I have here. Once it blows the Blues will be history and me and Simmons can return to base to mourn Grif's noble sacrifice and celebrate our victory... Mostly celebrate."
"Okay here's a stupid question," Grif says, "why do I have to die, can't I just set the bomb and leave?"
"No, I've designed this bomb so that it will only detonate if your within three feet of it," Sarge explained.
"Ah, brilliant idea sir," Simmons said, "that way you can ensure Grif will have to guard the bomb so the Blues don't disarm it."
"Huh, oh yeah. That's why I did that," Sarge said.
"Hey, whose side are you on?" Grif asked Simmons.
"I'm on the side of whoever is currently holding a small nuke," Simmons whispered.
"Good point," Grif agreed.
"Alright," Sarge said interrupting their banter, "Do you two understand your roles now?"
"Yes sir," Simmons said with enthusiasm.
"Yeah, whatever," Grif sighed.
"Yup," Wash said as he stepped around the boulder with his rifle drawn and aimed at the three Reds.
"Ah crap," Simmons moaned.
Location: Inside Blue Base, Valhalla.
The sounds of bullets and grenades echoed down the corridors of Blue Base causing Tucker to leave his room to investigate the disturbance.
"What the hell is with all this noise?" he asked himself. "Can't a guy polish his sword in peace?"
Annoyed at the current situation he started down the hall when suddenly he tripped over a mysterious cable running along the floor.
"OW! What the... That wasn't there before," he said as he got back on his feet. Tucker then started to follow the cable down the hall.
Location: Outside Blue Base, Valhalla.
"Shit, shit, shit," Grif screamed as he ducked shots coming from Wash's gun. "Why is he just shooting at me, what did I do to piss him off?"
"You coward!" Sarge yelled at Grif from the safety of his and Simmons hiding spot. "You have a gun don't you, so why don't you fire back?"
"I can't!" Grif shrieked as another burst of fire flew past his head. "I haven't reloaded my gun in weeks."
Grif continued to evade the hail of bullets being fired at him. He ran around to the other side of the base to get out of Wash's line of fire. Grif then turned around to see if Wash had followed him while leaning against the base to catch his breath.
"I've been sleeping too much, I'm not use to all this running," Grif said while panting as Wash came around the other side and was approaching his back.
"Shit," Grif said as he turned and saw the disgruntle ex-freelancer approach him with his rifle aimed at his head.
There was nowhere for him to run to so he tried to shield himself with his arms from the impending shot. He was instantly relieved when he heard the clicking coming from Wash's rife instead of the sound of a triple burst.
"What's the matter, not so tough without any am-" he was cut off as the butt of Wash's gun was tossed at his head.
Before he could recover Wash closed the distance between them and started to deliver a series of punches to his torso. Wash finished with a punch to his head that caused his helmet to spin around.
"Hey, who turned off the lights?" Grif asked in a daze before falling backwards to the ground unconscious.
Wash stood over his body and said, "One idiot down; two more to go. Maybe this isn't going to be as boring as I thought." He then started off in search of Sarge and Simmons.
Location: Inside Blue Base, Valhalla.
Tucker was still following the cable as it snaked around the halls of the base. He was still trying to see where it led when he noticed that the sounds coming from outside had stopped.
"Finally, that was really staring to annoy me," Tucker stopped talking and listened, "wait, is the cable humming?"
Tucker kicked at the cable causing the base lights to dim for a second.
"Okay, whatever this is it's tied into the base's power," he mused as he resumed to follow the cable. He just turned a corner to see the cable lead into the base's storeroom.
"Yeah, this can't be good," Tucker said as he entered the room. He followed it behind a stack of boxes to find Caboose crouched over a small shrine with the cable in his hand. He noticed that at the center of the shrine was the round alien robot that was Church's body.
"Hey Caboose, want to tell me what you are up to?" Tucker asked as he approached his teammate carefully.
"Oh, hey Tucker," Caboose said while keeping his attention on what he was doing. "I know exactly what I need to do," he told Tucker as he attached the cable to the small robot sphere.
Location: Crashed Pelican, Valhalla.
Wash stopped in his tracks and turned towards the sound of an explosion coming from Blue Base.
"What the hell was that," he said as started to run back to the base.
Location: Outside Red Base, Valhalla.
"I think he stopped following us," Simmons said he and Sarge came to a stop in front of their base. They both then turned around when they heard the explosion from Blue base.
"Well I'll be, That dirt-bag finally did something wright," Sarge said. "Now we can begin prepping for the next phase of my plan."
"There's another phase?" Simmons asked while feeling the blood drain from his face.
"Yes, this is just the beginning of my anti-blue offensive. Now follow me, there's a lot of things we need to prepare for," Sarge said as he entered the base.
"That's it," Simmons said, "I need to kill him and take command."
Simmons was about to enter the base when he saw Grif crawling up the river towards him.
"Did I miss something?" Grif asked before falling unconscious again.