Soldier of the Ruins

Chapter Three

Chapter three is, obviously, up so thanks to 64maddness and redhanded245 for reviewing. Keep in mind that I only put up your name if you reviewed chapter 2.

Anyway, this is another long and boring chapter. Don't worry, Chapter four will have more action :D Also, Italics mean the character is thinking.

Enjoy

7 hours later (after the sunset).

Flippy emerged from the basement of Cuddles's house, along with Toothy, Giggles and Cuddles. Flippy had been unable to make it back to his house, mainly because it was located at the edge of town. Cuddles looked around at what remain of his house. "Bastards." He said, tightening his grip on his shotgun. "Come on." Flippy said. "We gotta make it to the rally point." As they moved through the ruins of the town, Giggles looked around at the devastation. "I sure hope Petunia made it." She said to no one in particular. "Everyone quiet until the rally point is secure." Flippy ordered. "Let's not get ambushed." The group moved through what was once their beloved town, shocked by the level of destruction. The group struggled on, through the rubble, patches of blood. Flippy heard Toothy gasp and turned to see what the trouble was. Poking out from underneath a pile of rubble was an arm, undoubtedly the cause of Toothy's shock. "We all are going to see things we don't want to." Flippy said to the beaver.

As the group moved on, through the rubble left of the houses. Many of the buildings only had the chimney left standing, and usually some of the brick walls were left. Many of the buildings were made of brick, due to the large amount of clay in the area. As the group neared the Jewelry shop, serving as the rally point, Flippy called a halt. Flippy whispered to the group "That building over there would give us a good view of the area. I'll go first, the rest of you need to cover me. When I get there, I'll cover you." Flippy dashed off to a building that still had an intact staircase and part of a second floor. When Flippy reached the building, he beckoned for the rest to follow. After the rest of the group had reached the safety of the building, Flippy pointed to Toothy. "Follow me to the second floor, Cuddles, Giggles, stay in the building and keep alert." He said. As Toothy followed Flippy up to the second floor, Flippy told him to look for any enemy forces. When both of them arrived at the second floor, Flippy spotted two soldiers standing by the entrance to the Jewelry store. Toothy scanned the area, seeing nothing, he reported his find to Flippy."No movement anywhere, I saw some lights over by where the supermarket was though." "Good, now we know where they are." Flippy said in response. "Now to immediate issues, there are two soldiers near the entrance. Shooting them would attract too much attention, so I'm going to try to kill them quietly." Flippy said, showing Toothy his Bowie knife. "Cover me in case they notice."

Flippy descended the stairs, told Cuddles and Giggles what he was doing, then crept away into the darkness. Flippy was in his element. When he had served in the army, he had been in part of a commando unit. After losing his entire squad on one mission, and developing his team killing evil side. Deemed too unstable to continue in the commandos, he was sent to lead a group of misfits and outcast who had only one thing in common: They had all scored poorly during basic training, or had been deemed mentally unstable. Flippy however, was still able to move silently and could become almost invisible in the right terrain, and this was one of them. Flippy slipped from shadow to shadow, and made it to the Jewelry store without making a sound. As Flippy reached out to open the backdoor, he realized that there was probably a generator inside, to keep the alarms running in a power outage. Flippy backed away from the door and spotted a ladder leading down from the roof to an area surrounded by chain link fences. Flippy scaled the fence and pulled himself up the ladder, still with barely a sound.

Flippy crept over to the side of the building the soldiers were on, and then took off his beret. Flippy gently set his beret on the roof, and then climbed down the sloped part of the roof head first. Now that Flippy was much closer, he could tell that one of the soldiers was leaned against the wall, snoring. Flippy looked to soldier number two, and found that he had in earbuds of ,presumably, and Ipod. "Sloppy. Just the way I was hoping." Flippy thought. He flipped himself around and dropped, feet first, to the ground right behind soldier number two. Pulling His Bowie knife out of his jacket, Flippy put his hand over the soldier's mouth as he slid his knife up under the ribcage. Flippy knew from experience that a single knife blow usually wouldn't kill, so he twisted the knife around, causing even more trauma. The soldier jerked and squirmed until he gradually stopped moving. Flippy gently lowered the soldier's corpse to the ground, and then moved over to soldier number one. Flippy covered the soldier's mouth, and stabbed up, through the base of his skull and into his brain, killing him instantly.

Flippy wiped the blood off his knife, and dragged both bodies into the fenced area. Flippy took their guns, AK-74s, and waved to Toothy. When Cuddles, Giggles and Toothy arrived, Flippy gave Cuddles and Giggles the AKs. Giggles started for the door, but Flippy put out an arm to stop her. "The alarm's still on" Flippy said to her. "I'll go turn it off." Flippy climbed into the fenced area and onto the roof. After he had put his beret back on, Flippy saw what he was looking for. Flippy walked to the trapdoor and grasped the handle. He pulled the trapdoor open, revealing a second ladder. He climbed down the ladder and into a storage room. Flippy opened the door and walked into the main room of the jewelry store. Flippy walked over to the front desk and reached underneath, easily finding the switch controlling the alarm. Flippy flipped the switch to the off position, and opened the door for the group.

About 30 minutes later, Russell, Handy and Petunia entered through the backdoor. "Yarr, how you holding up?" Russell asked. "Pretty good, you?" Cuddles asked. "Same" Handy replied, as Giggles and Petunia chatted. More and more survivors began to trickle in as time passed. About an hour later, Flippy took a head count. "…32,33,34. Alright everyone," Flippy called out, "34 of us are here, so we're going to attack. First, we're going to scout the enemy camp, located near the supermarket on the edge of town. The scouts objective is to find a supply depot, and where the tanks and APCs are parked. The supply depot has to contain gasoline, so we can use that to destroy the armor. We will then kick their asses so hard, they're never going to come back. So, any questions? No? Good." Flippy said, finishing the briefing. "Move out, quiet as you can." He ordered.

Two hours later, in the enemy camp.

"I got five aces." The sergeant said, finishing another beer. A private spoke up. "But there are only fou…" "I got five goddamn aces." The Sergeant screamed at the Private. "Fuck this." The Private said, throwing down his cards. The Private grabbed his rifle and walked off towards the bushes. As the Private was watering the bushes, he felt a hand grab his shoulder. "I'm taking a piss, fuck off." He said, turning his head to see who it was. The Private barely had time to scream before his chest was torn open.

Also, the part about Flippy getting assigned to lead a group of soldiers who had scored poorly during basic training, or had been deemed too unstable was based off Flakyfan55's Blood Brothers story. I think it might have been Brotherhood built in Blood, but I'm not sure.

No flames.