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The chilling night breeze whistled across the land, scattering the dead leaves and remnants of a time long passed to a distant land, amidst the shadow of night and glowing moon, three wraiths moved as silent as a wolf stalking its' prey. A single spot of light betraying the gaze of a watchman far in the distance.
"Squad, be advised, hostile sniper, three o'clock high. Two, take him out, suppressed barrel only, we don't need them knowing we're here yet." The leader said, his voice carrying authority obviously earned.
Hunter Two raised his suppressed rifle in the direction the squad leader ordered, and there, high in the sky, was a single spot of light, the moon reflected in the scope of a high powered rifle.
"Target in scope...Zeroing...Distance is approximately one thousand, two hundred and fifteen metres...Firing." Hunter Two said, his rifle lined up with his eye, and its' barrel pointing towards the light that might spell their detection at any possible moment. A soft coughing sound emanated from the large rifle, its' sound muffled by the equally large suppressor.
The faint light in the distance stayed lit for a full second, before it blinked out of life, signaling the death of another Fallen.
"Good shooting, Two. Three, keep an eye on the roofs, Two take the cliffs, keep moving." Hunter one commanded, and as if the words were spoken by God himself, the group of Hunters began to move and train their sights on their designated zones.
For a full hour, the small squad moved silently, the only sounds were that of the night and the cough of their rifles as more watchmen perished. By the time the three exos had reached their first stop, their simulated muscles were broadcasting discomfort.
Septus kneeled down in between his two squad members, his eyes roaming around the oil refinery in which they now waited.
"Hunter Two, search the immediate area, you see anyone, you mark them, kill those who are asleep, we need to help Warlock Team and Titan Team later. Hunter Three, go around, set up explosives on fuel containers One through Five, after you've done that, I want you co-ordinating with Hunter Two, and take down those he's marked. I'll be setting the explosives on containers Six and Seven, and then begin working on cracking down that door." Septus ordered, nodding his head in the direction of the large steel door that blocked their way into the building.
""Yes sir."" Two monotone voices replied quickly, before they set off to do as they were told, Three heading towards the right to set the C-7 charges, while Two went left, slowly looking round the corner before passing out of eyesight. Septus knew he didn't need to worry about the other Hunters. He had worked with them before on several occasions, they were professional, and damn good at their jobs.
Making his way to the other fuel containers, Septus was deep in thought, remembering the time that he and his Hunters had taken down a Fallen ship with the Kell still inside, not noticing the light that tracked his movements from above.
The fuel containers were exactly that, large silos that contained a highly flammable fuel used by starships. It would be a great loss to Fallen if this was destroyed, as well as having it act as a valuable distraction when the Assault started. If, by some miracle of God, the Guardians were defeated, something never accomplished by Devil Squad, even if they only took a minor role in the operation, then the Fallen would no longer be able to fuel their ships, and would abandon this post in favour of something more favourable, the Humans, Awoken and Exo's didn't have this problem, after the initial war with the Fallen, the Cables, the Vex, and The Darkness, they had developed more efficient and reusable fuel sources.
Septus removed the C-7 from his carry-pack and placed it on Container Six, the large square slab of explosive sticking to the metal of the Silo immediately. 'Prometheus, say hello to your Christmas present' Septus thought, his mind drawn slightly to the date, December twenty first. Pushing the command buttons on the explosive, Septus set it to use its' secondary setting: Incendiaries. The explosive would rupture the tank, before expelling an enormous amount of heat that would ignite the fuel, and causing a secondary explosion, and nice large orange fireball.
'Sir, all hostiles taken down or marked as per instruction, falling back to initial position to await Hunter Two, Over.' Hunter Three suddenly said over the comms.
"Roger Hunter Two, Container Six has been planted. Hunter Three, SitRep, Over." Septus replied, telling the people that he was nearly done. Above him, a second light joined the first, both looking intently at the refinery.
'Sir, Containers One and Two have been planted, just finishing up Container Three. ETA is 2 minutes. Hunter Two, what's the mobile opposition? Over.' Hunter Three said.
Septus ignored the Comms as he finished up on the last Container, just as a third light joined the other two in the dark night. Not bothering to tell the others about his bomb planting, he moved to the door, and sun the Hacking programme he had downloaded into his system.
Shoving his index finger into the doors' central control, he released his hacking program in the form of a burst of static, and within seconds, it was whittling away the doors security. Septus briefly looked over his shoulder, making sure that no Fallen could see him.
Once the door was unlocked, all the charges set, and all the sleeping enemies dealt with, Septus had only wait for several seconds before Hunter 2 and Hunter 3 approached him.
"Objectives completed." Hunter 3 said.
"Sol, bring up a map of the base." Septus ordered his little ghost. Shortly after, his palm emitted a soft light that showed the base and their location. "Right, we are here, to wait for the main assault to begin, we should have a high location that is easy to displace from that over looks the compound, failing that we need to set up a decent cross fire. Using those parameters, there is only two places for us to be." Septus pointed to a large structure that looked reminiscent of a crane, and then to a large open field to the north, further into the compound. "We have this sniper position, or we could let the Titans and Warlocks work through alone until they reach this open field, where we could set up a cross fire. Since you two are going to be participating in this little fox hunt, I'm letting you have a say in the matter."
Hunter 2, being exceptionally skilled with a long-ranged sniper rifle spoke up first. "Would be best if we set up on the tower, we don't have the manpower to split into two effective teams and from there we can still see the open field."
Hunter 3 spoke up next. "I agree, while a cross-fire would be appreciated, by the time they reach the field and finish the firefight, the big guy we're after might have already up and left, we need to do this quickly, and preferably quietly."
"In that case, that's where we're gonna set up, since the tower offers room to reposition, we can all focus on one point fairly easily and since you want to stay quiet if at all possible, make sure that the silencers are attached, and I'll ask Sol if he can block the Fallens' communications."
- P.O.V Change, Prometheus, Several Hours Later -
Prometheus stood in front of the large gate that blocked the way into the compound, his Titans and Warlocks standing not far behind him. Wanting to start the day off right, he ordered his Titan two to blast the gate open.
Titan two gave an affirmative and began laying down sever C-7 charges along the sides of the large door.
Everyone took a large three steps back and braced. "Blowing in three...two...one." Suddenly an explosion shook the compound and the surrounding area, a 10 foot high plume of smoke and dust lingered while the six stormed in.
Before them lay courtyard, buildings littered the concrete plain while several Vandals, Dregs and a Captain stared back at them.
The Captains shields suddenly sparked into life, shattered, and his neck spurted a stream of blood, as did two Dregs behind him. The three of them were thrown to the ground as the bullets left their bodies.
"Don't worry, we got your asses, get killing." Hunter ones' voice blared over the comm line. The warlocks glowed purple and threw up a protective dome, while Warlock two and three threw their power into the group, scattering them. The Titans raised their preferred weapons and began to lay into the horde of enemies, the loud report of the guns echoing in the once silent air.
"Titan two and three, take your Warlocks round the right flank, me and Warlock one will hold here and provide cover fire!" Prometheus shouted as another Dreg fell to the silent snipers.
With the team working fluidly and with assistance from the Hunter team, the hostiles soon fell. The team of six stood admiring their work, before moving to continue their war path through the compound.
"Assault team, Hunter team, stay behind the door, we're going to be setting off a small explosive distraction to the west of the base to lower possible resistance, we will also begin to think the small army you have behind those doors, breach on my mark." Hunter one said, only a second after the transmission being received did the distraction activate. The ground shook with the power that was just released, and the air glowed orange with the flames that licked the sky.
"Hunter team, Assault team, begin your cleansing, we stand ready to perform localized genocide." Warlock one reported, watching her Warlocks stand just behind the hulking behemoths of the Titans.
"No worries about that, I don't want to have to do a lot of work today." Several minutes passed in silence before a very alien screech filled the air. "Assault tea, we have their attention, they are in cover, backs pointed at you. Feel free to apply the pain." The report was met with enthusiasm. The door was opened violently, and the fire team stormed in, rifles blaring as the skin from the Fallen was ripped from their bodies and their surprised and dying yells rang out. At the far edge of the section were at least a dozen bodies, victims of the powerful rifles that the Hunter revered. Titan two walked up the right, accompanied by Warlock two and overseen by Hunter two, while the three's went up the left, leaving the ones to take centre stage. When the shields of the Titans failed, the Warlocks stepped in either with a dome or to take the fire while the shields of the Titans re-charged.
"Assault team, Hunter team, might want to hurry up, they've realised that they're under attack, and I don't particularly want them to call extra-planetary reinforcements."
"Like you said, don't worry, we'll be done soon." Sha'ria replied to the update. True to her word, the Warlock dealt a crippling blow to the creature in front of her by snapping her hand forward, grabbing the weapon that was once leveled at her, and began to mercilessly beat the Dreg over the head with it until the casing broke.
With that section now cleared, and with the blazing fire having distracted the main force of the enemy, the team could now enter the compound proper in search of their bounty.
"Assault team, we can't cover you in the building, you'll be on your own." Hunter team said.
The Assault team radioed an affirmative, and dove into the Fallen held dwelling, alone.
Hey, Guys, another author note here, sorry it took so long for me to update this story, but with schooling, my other story and a small yet deadly case of writer's block, it was difficult for me to write this story. On another note, review if you want to influence the story, do you want some characters to die, a happily ever after? I understand that y'all must be angry 'cause of the update times, so bring all of the hate, but don't forget to review, and answer the poll I've placed on my page. Many thanks, Eclipse-Sol. Glory to the readers!