Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
justafan: Wheatear she lives or die during the course of this war I'm still trying to decide, but having her in the harem thing, still deciding. I might save Ben Carmine, if only because I grew attached to the fumbling innocent like child he was, Anthony though, nah he gotta go.
cosmicspiderking: More like he'll be possessive of them. In this universe, women are few and far in between and well since quite a few of them are quite the looker, yeah… he'll have his hands full keeping some of his fellow Gears and even Stranded away from them. And that's before we get into the breeding farms
Adtr509: Yeah, Peter's in for a ride of loss, emotional trauma and pain. I think their starting to push for them to be a couple given they kissed in a recent issue of The Amazing spider-man, but that might have been a one-off thing but they might change that.
KasugaRomio: I already have the first six chapters of both War world and this story written when I made the announcement for them. They were just sitting, mocking me, waiting to be brought to the internet where they can be criticized and degraded, so I went with the first and likely easiest one. I'll wait until I reach the events of Gears of War before possibly uploading the other story, or just say screw it and upload it within the next few weeks. Peter's around Baird's size or just above your average Gear. He'll be like Baird in that he will sort of tinker to keep himself distracted but well, that won't work out well forever.
Guest: No, he'll be just a really smart guy in this story.
Esquire-man: No Silver will be in this story, she'll be appearing a bit after the battle for Halvo Bay. Teressa won't be a gear anytime soon if ever but she'll have a role to play. She won't be just sitting on the side lines waiting for everything to blow over.
Krolikson: Nah I'm keeping Bobbi for this and if I do for some reason kill her off, I want the death to be impactful, a real feels moment that'll leave people a little teary eyed and pissed that the character they got so attached to dies. A Boom shield might be a little too cumbersome for him to carry around, but if he sees it he won't say no to using it.
90'skid4life: Yeah, sometimes I have, the tricky part is finding out which one I could do that hasn't been done or done enough yet.
henchman213: Yeah Peter will be an additional member of Delta Squad but he won't always be with them, but events in the games he will and a few other missions or events. Because Baird's a sarcastic shit talking smart ass who can care less what other people think or say about him, kind of hard not to love him.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Gears of War characters seen, mentioned or used
'Crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap! Stay back, stay back, stay back!' Peter thought as he fired in short controlled bursts at the advancing Locust as did his fellow Gears as their enemy poured into the hall and clashed against their automated and stationary defenses
The barbed wire and Laser trip wire kept the Wretches at bay and allowed for Peter and a few others to pick them off with ease while the turrets forced the Drones that weren't killed by the Onyx Guards gunfire to take cover behind either large chunks' of the wall or ceiling that have collapsed since this battle began or behind some of the museum's exhibits
Peter's Lancer rattled and shook his shoulder from the high caliber rounds being fired off from it for several more seconds before it's customized forty round clip emptied, forcing him to drop back into cover and quickly reload the weapon. Peter nearly dropped the fresh mag as a Locust shot off a bit of the cover he was ducking behind before he slapped the fresh clip in and returned the favor with a short controlled burst right into the drone's upper body, causing it to roar as it ducked behind cover while several of its brethren broke cover and rushed the Gears in a mad berserker like frenzy that shook a few of the more seasoned men, not because the Drones were basically charging their position on an obvious suicide run, but the inhuman roar and animalistic rage etched on their faces even as they had their bodies pelted with hot lead was a sight that was more suited for a nightmare than a fire fight
Of the six Drones that made the charge, only four made it through the hail of gunfire from both the Gears and turrets and rigged defenses before they engaged the humans in close quarter combat
Onyx Guards were trained since day one in hand to hand combat, taught how to best engage an enemy combatant, disarm and kill him if it comes down to it with greater efficiency then your standard Gear, but all of those months and even years of training meant jack against something that was a good half a foot or more taller with an added hundred and sixty pounds of dense muscle, rock hard like skin and a raw animalistic savagery that unsettled even the most hardened of Gears, the fact their bones were denser than a human's didn't help either.
Four Guards died before the Drones followed in puddles of their own blood and that of the men they killed while the rest of their buddies decided to sit back and trade bullets with the far more deadlier humans then they've been encountering as of late, be it civilian or Gear.
Peter took cover to reload his Lancer again before he cautiously poked his head to and scanned the area for something that could help tip this skirmish in favor of him and his fellow Onyx before he saw something that caused his mind to race a mile a minute. A bolo grenade held in the grip of one of Peter's dead compatriots. His eyes further narrowed as he saw a lone Drone also notice this and made to rush it and use the valuable ordinance against the remaining humans before they wiped it and the remaining seven Grubs out
'Yeah no, sorry buddy but I kind of want to live to see tomorrow… or at least still be alive in an hour' Peter thought as he took aim at the Drone, squeezed off a few rounds and forced it back into cover before he suddenly sprinted towards the dead Onyx, making sure to keep his head down to avoid getting a bullet to the skull
"PARKER!" Bobbi shouted as she saw her squad mate rush from cover nearly towards the center of the room where the firing was the heaviest "GET INTO FUCKIN COVER NOW!"
"Uh one sec ma'am!" Peter said as he slid to the ground on his knees, just feeling several rounds from the 'Hammerbust' speed over his helmet as he scooped up the grenade and primed it to use before he was tackled to the ground by the very same Grub that he just shot at it and it did not look pleased
'Then again, I wouldn't be too happy if someone shot at me, hell I'm sure that's a universal feeling or something, because what sociopath regardless of species actually enjoys getting shot at?' Peter thought as he wrestled for the grenade against his larger, stronger and more durable foe
Every punch he sent towards the drone hurt as it felt like Peter was slamming his fist into solid rock. He tired going for joints and where he hoped there were nerves clusters like on a regular human only to panic as it didn't seem to be doing the trick as the Grub nearly ripped the grenade from Peter's hand. It was then that Peter was able to push the Grub back far enough to get one of his feet under the large subterranean creature and kick it back and allow Peter to toss the now active grenade past it and right into where his buddies were using for cover
Peter didn't bother to see if the thing worked as he drew his sidearm and unleashed several shots into the Grub's head, taking off a piece of it's skull in a bloody shower of bone and gore before it's body was sent flying from the exploding grenade
KWA-BWOOM!
Peter felt his teeth rattle from the blast before he let out a sound of disgust as a few bloodied pieces of the Locust landed on his armor, one right on his helmet's lens
"Oh that's just nasty… ugh now I'm going to get Grub cooties!" Peter whined as he first of many fights for this room came to a sudden end with the death of the enemy's troops
"Medic!" one Onyx Guard shouted as he held a hand over his squad mate's bleeding side and a few others were either reloading or doing a headcount of how many men had died, thankfully it wasn't many but by Onyx standards, it might as well have been a slaughter
Bobbi had along with several other Onyx Guards made their way towards the Locust corpses and placed a single round and each of their heads to make sure they stayed dead and another just to be sure, some Locust could take a unheard amount of punishment before finally dying and some were more than smart enough to play dead and wait for a poor Gear to drop his or her guard and look the other way, she and her men found that out the hard way not too long ago and her side was stick aching from the surprised kick the thought to be dead Drone gave her before it grabbed an Onyx Guardsman's knife and killed him with it.
After several more minutes, she confirmed that all Locust were KIA and their dead and wounded were sought to. She then turned her attention towards Private First-Class Peter Parker with a scowl of annoyance
Normally their Sergeant would be the one to chew Parker out, but given he was being looked after by a medic to make sure his lungs didn't fill up with blood, scolding the newest addition to their squad for breaking cover fell to her
'Still, he did good so I'll be somewhat lenient to him…' Bobbi thought before she spoke in a cool but harsh tone that would make her farther proud or squeamish if it was ever directed at him "Parker, what the flying fuck were you doing?!"
Yeah, lenient… Onyx style
"Uh winning the fight ma'am?" Peter said with a confused voice before he nodded towards a shredded Locust Drone "Safe to say I think I did that, I mean these are the guys we're supposed to be fighting, right? Or were they really our poor sighted friends that thought they had blanks in their guns instead of live ammunition?"
Bobbi's eyes narrowed at the man before she let out an annoyed sigh and she mentally counted to ten before addressing her squads most impulsive and often most rebellious member and he's barley been with them for two months!
"Next time Private, alert your superiors to what you have planned before doing it or else next time you can get yourself and others killed and potentially cost us the whole battle if not war"
"…Right" Peter said with a wince as he brushed a bit ore of Locust gore off his armor before standing up and picking his rifle up too "Next time, let the boss man or lady know that I'm about to do something stupidly brave that'll save everyone, got it!"
Bobbi rolled her eyes at the man before she dismissed him and approached their CO along with a few others, the man was looking remarkably better given he just took a bullet to the chest. Either the bullet didn't go too far deep of the adrenaline was working
"Sir, an update on the situation outside?" Bobbi asked as the distant booms of artillery and Ravens flying overhead echoed through the main hall
Her Sergeant let out a hiss as he adjusted his position against the wall before he glanced at her with a frown even though it was covered by his helmet "Aside from the fact that we're losing this city a block a minute, no not really. Just make what repairs to the defenses best you can and dig in. Command just spotted another wave, this one three times the size, heading our way"
Bobbi nodded as she and the rest dispersed to warn the men and make the necessary repairs as quick as possible, they only had minutes at best. The men who had to retrieve the dead did so silently without much fuss. The Sergeant Major in charge made sure that their COG tags were retrieved along with their ammo and any other valuable equipment.
Even though this war has been going on for only about six weeks, give or take a day, The COG and likely the rest of humanity quickly discovered that the Grubs had no problems looting their dead. Hell it seemed like they had their own orders of stealing COG tech when they weren't kicking it's army's ass like there was no tomorrow
'Probably because there won't be for a lot of us…' Bobbi thought as she saw the dead Guards covered with a whit sheet by one of the squad's medics before she pulled her gaze from their bodies and helped a few other men and women repair and re-secure the room's defenses
Peter, who was only a few meters away from her was busy setting up a few grenades and setting them to the proximity setting. A nice little surprise for the Grubs when they got here Peter thought with a grin chuckle.
Another explosion shook the room, causing Peter to silently let out a curse as he glanced up at the damaged windows and frowned as he could just make out the faint shapes of flying Nemacysts in the air before he just made out a few suddenly rocketing off somewhere, likely towards either a King Raven or a squad of Gears unlucky enough to catch their attention
'Really hope those things don't deiced to hit this place, those windows can't take that kind of punishment' Peter thought as he finished setting the grenades as his CO spoke
"Get into positions. Enemy combatants in thirty seconds!"
"Crap…" Peter muttered as he grabbed his rifle and quickly rushed back towards the other end of the room as he could just faintly make out loud inhuman roars coming from outside followed by more ground shaking
Peter really hoped the Locust don't open up a hole in this place, the last thing he needed on top of being shot at was having to worry about falling into a Drone infested tunnel
'Not the way I want to go, hell that ain't a way anyone should go. COG or Indie regardless' Peter thought as he took his position by Bobbi's side and waited as the sounds of the Locust got closer and closer
Peter steadied his breathing as he took aim as he felt the ground shake rhythmically, not like a earthquake or a possible E-Hole opening up, but more like-
'Footsteps!' Peter thought with dread as he secured his grip on his Lancer 'And there's only two things that can make tremors like this that aren't from those giant monstrosities with the canons on their backs and the creepy looking multi leg burrowers…'
"BOOM!" a heavy gravel like voice yelled out before suddenly a large explosion tore apart some of the debris over the first insertion point the Locust came through
The Onyx Guards didn't hesitate to open fire as two large Drone looking creatures lumbered through. They looked to be a sort of mix of muscle and fat and carried large rocket firing guns that have already earned the dreadful nickname, Boomshots and their common wielders, Boomers on account they seem to like shouting 'Boom' before firing their weapon.
'At least it's not the ones with super tough hide and charges like a bull and rages out like my ex-girlfriend if you made a comment about the Police's less then noble aspects' Peter thought as he and several Onyx Guardsmen took cover as one of the Boomers shot off a rocket while the other was busy reloading, clearly the one that destroyed the make shift barrier while over a dozen Drones accompanied by several Wretches poured in behind him
"Yeah, this is not how I thought my tour of duty would go when I accepted Loomis's offer… not by a longshot" Peter said as he concentrated his fire on the Boomer that was reloading's head
"Funny, I was just thinking this was not how I wanted to spend my last few years of active service before transferring to reserve" Bobbi said as she fired off a burst of Lancer rounds into a Drone that had collapsed on to the laser trip wire after it's left leg had been nearly blown off by one of grenades that Peter had set up earlier
"Aww you were planning on leaving already?" Peter joked before he let out a triumphed shout as one of the Boomers fell dead with half it's face now missing and the other was forced to try and take cover only to enter the area of one of the grenades he set and watched it go off in a cloud of lethal shrapnel glory, completely shredding it's side and causing it to let out a pained roar before it was finally finished off by a unknown Onyx Guardsman while the drones and wretches were quickly picked off now that their heavy support was dead and they were now being flanked by several Guards who had made it up to the balcony overlooking the main hall
Bobbi let out a snort as she scored a head shot on one of the remaining Drones "Don't tell me you were sticking around because of little old me"
"Maybe I was, and FYI, you're not that old ma'am" Peter replied as he watched a Wretch try to flank a squad of Onyx Guards only for the room's last remaining turret to pick it off with a quick burst of gunfire
"Private Parker, you know the rules in regards to Officers fraternizing with their men and or women" Bobbi said as the fighting came to an abrupt halt as the last Drone was killed
"When then it's a good thing you and I aren't officers hmm?" Peter teased "Well in Onyx at least since we're considered officers to the rest of the Army"
To be honest he wasn't really looking for an actual relationship at the moment, partly because he's unsure he can't handle that on top of being Onyx at the same time, war or no war against seemingly genocidal mole men and their army of 'Nope' fuel creatures that he knows will be haunting and peeking his scientific mind for years to come.
Plus, he was still a little depressed from his recent breakup with a girl he dated in high school that broke it off with him after she found out he enlisted in the Army. Peter has always known that Gwen was never a big fan of the COG and would often go to rallies that protested the war, he just didn't think she was willing to end a three-year relationship just like that. His reasons for wanting to join be dammed since in her eyes he was just going to be another 'baby-killer'
'Heh, on top of my aunt and uncle not being very supportive of my choice but my now ex-girlfriend too? Yeah, real encouragement their folks. I swear Terresa is the only one that actually supported my decision and she and I barely speak!'
Bobbi, unaware of Peter's thoughts, hummed at his earlier response before she and a few others, including him broke from cover "Well I hate to crush your dreams Parker, but I'm not looking for anything at the moment"
"Already taken?" Peter snorted as he brushed some dust off his shoulder
"…Something like that" Bobbi said in a low voice before she moved to help secure the room, leaving Peter to himself before one of his squad mates bumped his shoulder as he passed by Peter to join in making sure the Grubs were dead and re-securing the defenses for the next inevitable wave
"Kid, I know your still new and all and are smarter than probably half the guys in all of Onyx at the moment, but take my advice and drop it"
Peter quirked a hidden brow at the guy "Do I want to know?"
The man glanced back at Peter before he shrugged "Guy as smart as you will have it figured out soon enough anyway, but since I'm feeling a little nice… there was a reason she wasn't here when you were first assigned to our squad and it's part of the reason she came back early from leave"
Peter watched him go with a confused look on his face before he let out a sigh "It was only supposed to be six years… go in, serve the mandatory sentence, get out with full benefits and attend Embry University, hopefully get my doctrine and go on to become a well-respected scientist like Fenix or something and maybe hook up with an equally smart but breathtakingly beautiful woman. But noooooo… a bunch of genocidal mole men and their army of super monsters had to invade and very likely will get me killed… fuckin Parker luck at it's absolute finest poeple!"
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And done.
Next chapter, The Locust press their attack and Peter and Bobbi meet some interesting additions to the defense of the Museum of Military Glory
