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Chapter 3

Sunday Devon south of England

It was a Sunday in the Pride PMC's base and the inhabitants of the base were spending their day training , maintaining equipment or just plain relaxing such as in Lewis's case training with the operators of rainbow six which involved an 6 hour drive which lead to what he was currently doing.

'just remember an artist and a sniper one thing in common and that's attention to detail ' Lewis recited the advice from teams veteran sniper Glaz in his head as he laid prone in a overgrown stream which had multiple large reeds growing out and over the edge of the stream which he had a training as50's barrel hidden behind the first few reeds and had the cross hairs cantered on a bulls eye target that was dubbed the "VIP" which after controlling his breath Lewis fired causing the training round to mark the centre of the target before dropping back into the streams trench and waiting for either retaliatory fire or the ambiance noise from the stream and the wind to carry on uninterrupted.

So he waited

And waited

And carried on waiting

Radio buzzes " ok kid you can come out now trainings over head back to the truck" came Glaz's voice allowing Lewis to walk out of his cover without the fear of being lit up by training bullets and began the run back the truck that he had used along with the rest of the Spetnaz section of rainbow had used to transport them to the training which after an 20 minute run the little camp came into view

Tachanka was packing away his mounted machine gun with his helmets face shield down placing the large hard case bags into the back of the truck where as Glaz was packing away his OTs-03 with its attachments laid next to the weapon case he had placed on a deployable table before looking over towards Lewis

" you're getting better , I only spotted you twice" came Glaz's voice as Lewis hummed in response as he placed his as50 onto the table with the bipod deployed and picked up his weapons case and began packing it away before asking " hey do any of you two know where Kapkan or Fuze are?" only to be answered by the arrival of two figures into the camp carrying a gutted deer with Fuze further answering the question with "hunting , Tachanka I hope you can cook this " before both Fuze and Kapkan deposited the deer near the fire as Tachanka pushed up his helmets face cover up to reveal his face which was covered with a thick brown beard which contrasted with his blue eyes giving him a very grizzled look " Christ you look like a bear Tachanka" Lewis announced getting a laugh out of the other three and a dry look from Tachanka "well that that makes you the cub than seeing how everyone refers to you as kid it seems appropriate " came his reply followed with a chuckle " touché you old grizzly bear touché, well if you going to cook that you're going to need this" lewis responded handing Tachanka his kukri machete who began to cut up the deer into steaks as Glaz went to the truck and retrieved a large sheet of metal which they were placed onto whilst Lewis, Fuze and Kapkan sorted out the needed fire pit and drinks and after a couple of minutes the group was gathered around the fire with drinks waiting for the deer to be cooked

"so is this what normally happens? " asked Lewis

" yeah it is cub , in fact last time we ate bear" replied Fuze

"shit you weren't joking about the cub thing were you" commented Lewis only to elect laughs from the other four members as the sun set and it quickly became night and Tachanka announced " and to carry on with the tradition comrades " as he held up a bottle with a clear liquid inside it before taking a swig from it and passing it around before it reached Lewis with about a 5th left in the bottle which he finished off.

Next day

The transport truck that the group had used was currently stuck in traffic on the motorway had been gaining suspicious looks from the other road users due to its black paint job and the browning 50 cal machine gun mounted on the top of the drivers cabin, which Glaz was on using some binoculars looking further ahead whilst Fuze was driving without his helmet on revealing what looks like a mid 30 year old with black hair and a short stubble who had his helmet on the dash board and was tapping his hand on the steering wheel to a song ( just listen to stalker clear sky bandit radio song if you're interested) whilst Kapakan, Tachanka and Lewis were in the back with Kapkan and Tachanka sat on the seats on opposite sides of the trucks back whilst Lewis was sat on the equipment they had packed into protective hard cases in the back listening to some music through a pair of earphones with the canvas cover being up on the transport vehicle hiding the occupants from the early morning sun.

" looks like this traffic goes on for a while, must be because of the closed lanes" Glaz said dropping back into the cabin and closing the hatch he used to peek over the traffic and sitting down in the passenger seat and getting a sigh of annoyance from Fuze who leaned over to pull open a peek hole in the back of the cabin and told the other three and got the response of " see this is why we should have brought a tank instead" from Lewis who had taken out one of his earphones before Kapkan responded with " that's all well and good cub but I doubt its road legal" which began the debate with Lewis responding with " yeah but whose going stop it , it's a tank I doubt the police could so much because, tanks beat everything " Lewis responded before the distorted sound of an aircraft flying over followed with small tremors and explosions causing the debate to be cut short in favour for grabbing side arms and the such

"what the fuck was that " asked Tachanka before the occupants in the back stumbled as the vehicle swerved to the left and forced its way over the temporary barrier as the sound of what could only be described as electricity discharging erupted at a rapid rate and a bright spark flew through the converse canopy missing everyone but igniting the canopy as Glacs voice came from the front " were under attack by enemy air comrades " which was the only thing they needed to hear as Tachanka unpacked his machine gun and deployed the weapon with a head shield in the back of the truck as Lewis grabbed his as50 and slung it onto his back before grabbing a PKP Pecheneg machine gun and passing it to Kapkan who nodded in appreciation before cocking the weapon chambering a 7.62x54 round as Lewis grabbed a second PKP and then drew his Kukri machete and cut off the canvas cover which once loose was blown away by the wind since the truck was now going 60mph down the motorways hard shoulder to reveal the sight of total destruction

The rows of cars had been reduced to smouldering molten messes with the road being littered with craters with molten tarmac and the bodies of civilians littering the main roads some having caught fire and were scatted around whilst strange looking air craft flew in a formation similar to a swarm of insects ( if your wondering it is an invader 3 just look it up on star fox event horizon wiki) and were flying around for another strafe.

" there going for another run, light these fuckers up !" Glaz shouted as he manned the 50 cal BMG that was mounted onto of the trucks cabin as he began to fire along with Tachanka and the others with the combined fire which decimated one of the strange aircraft like it was tissue paper causing it to collide with a second craft

" holy fucking shit they don't have any armour ! " shouted Lewis over the sounds of gun fire as the strange craft began a second strafing run missing two of their craft leaving the remaining three flying straight towards the truck causing Lewis to drop his LMG and grab his as50 and deploy the bipod on one of the weapon creates with Kapkan just in front of the boxes reloading his PKP machine gun

" Kapkan cover your ears ! " and as Kapkan did Lewis fired the as50, time seemed to slow down as the as50's .50 BMG bullet flew through the air its path true as it collided with the lead aircraft and tore through what seemed like the cockpit of the craft and must have collided with either its fuel source or its munitions storage as a second or two later it erupted in a bright flash of what could only be described as electricity or what you would imagine plasma would look like causing the craft to be cut in half, the front half skimming a second craft ripping off its wing causing it to spiral out of control and rapidly loose altitude as it swerved off out of sight leaving only two of the craft left which still kept the formations positions before the combined fire of Tachanka and Glaz turned a second ship into scrap metal leaving the last ship on its own which began to fire its weapons at the truck , the strange colourful shots landing short before Fuze slowed down causing the aircraft to fly over before being hit by the last three bullets of the Mounted machine gun Glaz was operating before plummeting into a nose dive and colliding with the unforgiving ground 500 meters ahead of the truck leading the vehicle coming to a stop 200 meters away from it

" well lets go welcome these bastards to England" came Fuze's voice as he pulled out his riot shield from the back and had tachanka stack up on him whilst Lewis and Kapkan pushed up on the flanks of Fuze armed with the 9x19VSN ak74 and began to walk towards the craft which had its wings broken off and black smoke leaking and after approaching Lewis and Kapkan found an emergency release leaver and pulled it opening up the cockpit and the pair grabbing the presumed pilot before throwing them out in front of Fuze and Tachanka

" the fuck is this shit" came Fuze's voice as the four looked at the figure on the floor that was pretty much an monkey wearing some sort of flight suit with what looked to be some sort of plastic plaiting on its chest , which was sprawled out on the floor twitching slightly " so think it's dead" asked Tachanka who gained the reply from Kapkan " I don't know, im not doc" before Lewis announced the his idea and walked off into the hedge line to the side of the crashed aircraft and returned with a long stick which he then proceeded to poke with the stick causing it to groan after a few hard jabs

" well it aint dead yet so who wants to welcome ET back to earth" announced Lewis as he used the stick to point to a name tag attached to the left side of the creatures chest which strangle spelt out private Simmons Apepe

(Simmons pov )

It had all started extremely well for private Simmons , the emperor guidance had not led him or his bomber squadron the 'howler monkeys' and the orders to attack the primitives cities infrastructure had been going all too well as he and his wing mates gladly bombarded the surface showing the divine power of the emperor, well that was until his invader 3 hyper lasers had over heated as he half way through a strafing run on a heavily congested road only for two of his wing mates Ben and Jeff were shot down by strangle blasters that passed through their ships shielding and destroyed the aircraft before they had even a chance to realise what had happened, but they were the lucky ones as the three remaining invaded craft attempted a second bombing run his squad mate a white spider monkey named Saipan who had been using the holo communication system with him was the third to be killed by the truck that had returned fire at them, Simmons watched with his own eyes the destructive power of the unenlightened blasters as a single blast from the one which his scanners had informed him of being a possible candidate for the emperors projects had torn through the supposed protective armour of the invaders cockpit and struck Saipan in the centre of the nose and reduced Saipan's whole head into red mist before the video feed cut out and before he was shot down and being knocked out on impact.

Coming to consciousness the first thing Simmons noticed was his paws and feet were tied together with what seemed to be zip ties and the second being he was soaked to the bone in fouls smelling liquid which burnt his noise just by being in such a close proximity and the third being the lack of his armour and the figures in front of him one two wearing a hood hiding their facial features but their clothing being different and one of them being the individual his targeting system in his ship had informed him of being a high value target and to be caught alive at all costs which Simmons would gladly follow the will of the great emperor and the third seeming to have their head encased in some sort of strange metal helmet who was the first to talk with

" who the fuck sent you " came the voice in a strange accent, well if this stranger wants to know the fate of their planet so be it

" the great emperor Andross who has seemed it fit for you and your planet along with those with the right attributes (looks at Lewis daringly ) to join the worthy cause of concurring the ly- mmpphh mph mppph " was Simmons response which was cut short by the tape that had been put over his mouth before looking at the one responsible who was holding a role of the stuff and catching the a glimpse of an boot before it made contact

(pov back to Lewis)

" well then, welcome to earth arse hole" Lewis stated before booting the mental ape in the face the steel capped combat boots easily causing a concussion and possible breaking its jaw before picking up the apes helmet and looking directly into the little square attachment on its side which had a lens on it and a small red light " well if im worth all that trouble all make it easy for you and leave you a clue ( lewis then dropped a note onto the KO'd ape) after all its only fair " was what he said directly into the camera like object on the side with a early emotionless voice before throwing it onto the floor and crushing it and walking over to the unconscious's ape monkey thing and helping Kapkan with his plan before the trio ran off leaving the unconscious ape on the floor lent against a car with a few presents for likely retrieval team that would be sent as they boarded the truck and took off sticking to roads covered by trees and other items that would cover the road from any possible sighting from aircraft as the set off back to base whilst informing the base of what had happened

With Glaz on the radio " Lima ,Indigo, Oscar, November, Bravo, Alpha, Sierra, Echo, clearance code Alpha Zeta Hotel 12 89 529 we have came into direct contact with unknown hostile forces and have successfully broken contact please advise over"

'radio buzzes' "affirmative Alpha Zeta Hotel we've have revived similar responses from other forces around the world, the current orders for all active units are to find areas to lay low before moving to the Den "

" copy that well be laying low before heading back Alpha Zeta Hotel out" Glaz replied before setting the hand set back onto the com system and informing the occupants in the back of the truck what's happening as the truck set off towards a destination

(10 minutes later)

"are we there yet" asked Lewis for the 100th time only to get a extremely annoyed look from Tachanka " cub I get it that your bored so why don't you just go on your phone or something " was Tachanka's response "carn't they could use it to track us so it's turned off to reduce the chance" came to response of Lewis as he laid onto of some of the equipment cases in the back of the truck that was going down a country lane that was blocking out the sun light by multiple over hanging tree branches " well could you please stop saying you're bored " asked Tachanka

"sure" replied Lewis "tree" "tree" "tree" Lewis began to repeat only for Kapkan to also join in causing Tachanka to slam his head into his hands causing the pair to laugh at Tachankas reaction only to be interrupted by Glaz "ok comrades were arriving at the city were going to set up in the good news its only an hour's drive from base but it looks deserted " as the truck came to a stop causing the occupants to dismount and cover the truck with camo netting and plants hiding at the side of the road and the operators grabbed their weapon load outs and began walking to Fuzes chosen bug out location.

Walking down the streets there was obvious signs of fighting with scorch marks littering the streets along with burning vehicles with occasional dead body scattered around the damaged and destroyed building before coming to Fuze's chosen building which consisted on a 5 floored housing complex with the only entrance having a double Decker bus crashed into it which after a while of looking they found that the building could be entered through the bus and after establishing a base of operations the group went to their posts such as Glaz and Lewis being on the top floor watching the surrounding area " so cub what was that gift you and kapkan left back there " Glaz asked which Lewis responded with " just a little welcoming gift "

( in earth's orbit onboard the venom Subjugator)

A figure was watching a screen that was showing the point of view from a Invader 3 pilot who came into contact with , showing everything and stopping at the point in which the subject looked into the side mounted camera before the figure watching the replay paused the video as a female blue and green lizard walked into the room wearing a lab coat and holding a tablet

" you called sir" said the lizard

" yes doctor Liz Ard I was wanting to know the status on the subject trails" asked the how see able ape that sat at the fancily decorated chair

" yes sir " the now named doctor quickly typed onto the tablet before a second screen appeared in front of the two showing a variety of graphs " as you can see the current 126 subjects have failed with the integration process because of them simply having the wrong gene sequence or other factors leaving us with only one known eligible primitive on the planet where as the project with the Cornerian subject has gone succeeding well " only to be interrupted by the unnamed simian " yes we have spotted him and I have sent some of the emperors finest who are arriving now praise the emperor"

" praise the emperor" the doctor replied as the screen showed the live recording of members of the elite 'Silver backs' who were approaching the location in which the pilot with information on subject 127 was last known showing the destruction the bombers had done along with 20 Vernom squad members wearing the standard armour which consisted of full seal helmets with a bulbous visor which covered their face walking towards the pilot in which they had visual on in silence before one of the masked members spoke

" by the emperor what is that smell"

" the smell of the emperors victory " replied another as they approached the pilot who was placed next to a large vehicle with cylinder container on the back as one of the squad members at the front walked forward and picked up a note which they read out loud " sir the note says ' you just got prank'ed bro' with a strange grinning face" passing it to the solider who's video feed they were currently watching ( showing a troll face) " who cares grab the pilot and lets go that smells getting irritating " said the commander as two soldiers walked up and grabbed the pilot and pulled him to his feet

"BANG!" a terobly loud explosion ripped through the Holo projectors speakers as the screen lit up in a fiery orange shocking both views especially because once the recorded hand managed to show the after math.

Burnt disfigured bodies littered the ground some screaming in pain as they held the stumps that were once limbs before the video pointed down showing the feet of the solider whose camera it was showing a large fragment of shrapnel sticking through his lower chest as he loosely grabbed it before collapsing to the floor as the feed cut out

To leave to two shocked Venomise staring at a static screen with doctor Ard covering her mouth and looking extremely pail before she excused herself from the room leaving its sole occupant to contemplate what he had just seen

" so subject 127 with that move I doubt you will be captured easily but you are against the emperors right hand general Arktul"

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