Ok, here is chapter 4. I know it took a long time, but I've be busy and this chapter was bloody long. I started to rush towards the end because I was getting sick of this chapter, so don't expect something amazing, because I know this isn't my finest work. Sorry for your disappointment.
Fox and Black-wing were walking through one of the darker areas of Kew, where the flashing lights never shone; the streets were devoid of life as many hid inside the ruined buildings. Shadows engulfed much of the area making it difficult to see what might be around.
"Where are we going?" asked Fox.
"Don't worry, we're nearly there" replied Black-wing.
He stopped in front of a tall, chain linked gate. Behind it was what remained of an old abandoned factory. The walls showed signs of corrosion and rust, large gaping holes were dotted across the building. Smashed windows were seen with rumble behind them, hinting that parts of the roof had caved in, and behind it stood two towering chimneys.
"Follow me" said Black-wing.
Black-wing opened the gate and slowly made his way towards the building, Fox followed closely behind. Suddenly, there was a sound of banging metal and ten heavily armed people appeared within the gaps of the building. Three of them slowly stepped out of the building and walked towards them, with their weapons aimed at them. One was a dark green lizard, wearing a tattered red shirt and black tracksuit bottoms with a plain combat vest over his shirt, a tan muscular bulldog, who wore dark green trousers, black combat boots and a combat vest and a white vixen, who was wearing grey trousers and a purple t-shirt under a combat vest.
"You there, freeze!" ordered the lizard.
Fox and Black-wing stopped walking.
"Raise your hands!" boomed the bulldog.
Black-wing and Fox raised their hands till they were slightly above their heads, but Fox was struggling to control his temper.
"Why did you bring this one, Black-wing?" asked the lizard.
"I found someone we will want to recruit" replied Black-wing.
"Bollocks! Nearly everyone out there is involved with some gang. What makes you think this one can be trusted?"
"He killed four Crimson Skulls with his bare hands...sort of"
The bulldog and the vixen made an approving nod towards each other. The lizard however, was not impressed.
"He could be working for a different gang! I wouldn't trust anyone to help unless they were...were...Fox McCloud!" spat the lizard.
Black-wing's lips curved into a smirk and Fox removed his hood. The lizard began to stutter and make strange noises.
"I guess this means he can be trusted" said Black-wing in a smug tone.
Both of them walked past the group and entered the Factory ruins. Inside, there wasn't much to look at, they were in a small room that looked like a reception, which was connected to several corridors, most of them were caved in, while the few that were clear looked like they were going to collapse. Several crates were left in the corners of the room and some were placed in front of the collapsed corridors. Most of them were open and had most of their contents gone.
Black-wing walked over to the end of the room and moved one of the crates, revealing a manhole cover. He opened it to reveal a hole with a ladder to enter it. He climbed down the ladder into the darkness of the hole. Fox followed him. A horrible scent made its way into Fox's nostrils; he coughed and spluttered as it burned the inside of them.
"Sorry, forgot to tell you about the smell," said Black-Wing, "It's the sewers, in case you're wondering."
"Thanks, I really wanted to know what the fuck was making that stink!" Yelled Fox in a sarcastic tone.
Black-wing chuckled to himself as he reached the ground and backed away to allow Fox to get off. They walked down the dark tunnel, the sewage sloshed and splashed against the walkways as it followed them. Fox felt like he was going to throw up his insides.
Black-wing then stopped in front of a metal door; he began knocking against it in a rhythm, the sound of sliding metal echoed from the other side and the door opened to reveal a badger, wearing a battered form of makeshift armour and a machine gun in his hands. He looked over them and nearly dropped when he saw Fox. He backed away quickly to let them past.
Fox looked around, he was in a large dark chamber, there were pipes running along the walls and ceilings. Small fires could be seen, giving off heat and light to those huddled around them. Large piles of crates were stacked along the edges. A large number of sleeping bags and old, worn mattresses were lying around; most of them had someone curled up on them. There was a large number of people of different species, all of them were wearing tattered clothing, covered with worn makeshift or combat armour, and had some form of weapon in their possession.
As they made their way through, people began to stop and stare at them, more specifically Fox. Fox heard whispering from within the crowds.
"Is that Fox McCloud?"
"I thought he was dead!"
"It's not possible."
The whispers continued to float around as the two of them made their way to the end of the chamber where a hooded figure, was clad in black clothing and armour, was standing in front of several maps that were pinned up on the wall, and behind a desk with a map and several documents scattered over it. The figure turned around to face them; Fox stared at the figure, their face hidden by the shadows of their hood.
"Sir," stated Black-wing and saluted, "I've found someone who can be a real asset to our cause."
"Very good Black-wing, you are dismissed," said the figure in a deep monotone voice.
Black-wing saluted again and walked away, Fox found it strange that a gang were using military based actions. The figure turned his attention to Fox.
"So, the famous Fox McCloud is back amongst the living." He said, sounding intrigued.
"And pretty soon, you won't be," growled Fox.
"Anyway, let's talk about business then, why are you here exactly? I would of have expected you to return to your old team."
Fox grit his teeth.
"I'm here because I'm looking for payback and answers."
"And why is that?"
"I rotted in a prison for a year, and one of the bastards behind it is on this planet."
"Interesting, so who might this bastard be then?"
"I...don't know his name," replied Fox, feeling a rather stupid, "All I know is that he is a fat, pink pig, some kind of business man and I think getting help from an off world top secret military unit."
The figures head moved underneath its hood.
"I think I might know who you are talking about."
The figure walked round the desk and opened a draw, he flicked through the folders inside until he grabbed one, took it out and handed it to Fox. Fox looked at the tan folder, he opened it and the first thing he saw was a picture of the pig.
"That's him!" exclaimed Fox.
"His name's Max Nova, AKA the Governor of Kew. He's the most powerful crime boss on this planet, he and his gang, the Death Bringers, control 43% of the planet and have operations on other planets in Lylat, by posing as a company called Nova-Corp. For months we, The Protectors, have fought to defend Kew and its people from the multiple gangs, but we are on the verge of defeat because of him," Said the figure grimly.
"They're getting extra support from an off world source, we're talking real military grade shit here, it's giving them such an advantage their now the largest gang on Kew. Now you're saying that it's from a secret military unit. It makes sense but what do they get out of it?"
"I don't know, and I don't care!" roared Fox, "Now are you going to help me find him or am I wasting my time?"
The figure was taken back a bit but regained his composure.
"Very well then, my spies have informed me that he has returned from a business trip, but he has now gone into hiding. So we need a plan to draw him out, or bait him into a trap. But to do that we are going to need weapons, supplies and bodies. But I know a place where we can get most of what we need."
"Oh, I see where this is going," muttered Fox.
"There is a Nova-Corp shipping port not too far away. My spies have uncovered that a large weapon shipment has been made recently to that location. I want you to meet with some of my men there and..."
"Blow that shit-hole up?"
"No, what part of we need weapons do you not understand? Just take whatever you can, and get it back here. Then blow that shit-hole up."
"Just one question, how do I know you're actually planning on helping people? You could just be another power hungry gang of inbred fuckers for all I know."
"We are not politicians; we don't pretend to solve problems so that we can get 100'000'000 credits. We prefer murdering assholes and getting our hands bloodstained."
"Oh, so where is this place again?"
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Fox walked down a dark alleyway next to an abandoned multi-storey bar, all three floors had windows were boarded up or covered with metal, the entrance was blocked with refuse and scrap parts of vehicles and other useless tech, and the building itself looked like it was going to collapse at any moment.
He walked towards a metal door behind the dinner; it was heavily corroded and rusted. He banged against the door three times, the sound of movement could be heard and a small hatch opened to reveal a brown eye.
"Why are you here?" asked a gravelly voice.
"Is the nova about to blow?" asked Fox.
The eye suddenly disappeared behind the slide and the door opened to reveal a black and gold German Sheppard, wearing an old combat vest with different pieces of scrap over it and his arms, he was holding an old weathered machine gun that had duct tape around its ammo clip to attach a second clip. He looked up and down the alley before pulling Fox in and closing and locking the door.
Fox looked around to see he was in a small dark room; there were a large number of crates stacked in the corner. Opposite them was an open door way into what was the front of the dinner, which was dimly lit, there were several more crates inside, most of them had been opened and their contents spread along the tables. Fox could see roughly 16 heavily armed and armoured people, some of them cast their gaze his way before returning to what they were doing. Next to the doorway, was a staircase that headed to the next floor.
"Where's the rest of the reinforcements?" he asked.
"Uh...I'm it," replied Fox.
The dogs' mouth fell open in shock.
"But...what...how...ah fuck it! Follow me."
Fox followed the German Sheppard up the stairs; the next floor was just as dark with only a single lamp was lighting up the corridor. A dirty, blood stained, pale blue couch was next to light with a wounded brown rabbit lying on it with pink poodle rapping white bandages around his left shoulder and abdominal. A first aid kit and tray with tweezers and four bullets in it was next to medic's knee.
People were sleeping on the floor or dirty mattresses of some of the rooms while other rooms contained more crates, at the far end was a small square room. All of the windows were barricaded. Inside, a large number of maps were pinned up on the back wall with a red vixen and yellow cat looking over them, pointing at certain locations and writing stuff down on scraps of paper. Next to the maps was a small table with a custom built communicator on it that was being operated by a white tiger, who was wearing a headset and jotting down notes. On the other side of the room, a leopard was sitting at a computer and in the centre was a table with a smaller 3-D replica of a shipping yard, which was made from bits of rubbish on it. A grey female lupine was analysing it when they entered, she focused her attention on Fox.
"So Fox McCloud is alive," she spoke in a posh accent, "The Commander said we were going to be in for a surprise when we received reinforcements."
"I'm only here for a job, not talk about me 'cheating death'!" growled Fox.
"Never thought someone as cute as you would have such an attitude. Anyway, introductions are in order, my name is Leah."
"Nice to meet you, now can we get on with this job for fuck sake."
"Charming. Ok, then. Recently, a weapons shipment was made to this site from an unknown supplier. Based on what the spies gathered, a large number of containers were delivered. Since the delivery, security is tight."
"Let me worry about security, but how are we to move all of the containers?"
"Hun, we're only going to cut open the containers and take the cargo."
"Still, how do you expect to move this stuff?"
"We have arranged transport from other garrisons, which should make our job a lot easier." She turned to face the German Sheppard. "Vince, get Fox into position."
"Yes Ma'am" replied Vince.
Vince turned around and walked out the door, Fox followed him but was stopped when Leah called him.
"And Fox, try not to get that gorgeous bum shot off."
Fox just rolled his eyes and walked out the door.
"Fan-girls" he muttered to himself.
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Fox and Vince were on the third floor, which was completely dark; most of the walls had collapsed, leaving gaping holes. The entire floor was empty with only five soldiers, armed with sniper rifles, sitting neck to the windows. At the far end of the floor, in the last room was a large hole that led into the next building. Inside the next building, it was just as dark and was in a worse state. Parts of the roof had already collapsed and other areas looked like they were going to give way any second, several creates were placed next to the walls, most of their contents had been already been taken. There were some more snipers who had taken positions next to the windows.
Vince walked past the snipers and headed towards a door at the far end, Fox followed close behind. Vince gently pushed the door open; the metal squeaked and groaned as it slowly opened. Vince and Fox slowly walked out to where they were on a lower part of the roof of the building.
Opposite the building was a large fenced off shipping yard. Barbed wires were running along the top of the fence. Several guard towers were built into the fence with searchlights that were searching over the inside of the complex and outside. Thousands of large shipping containers were stacked up and in long rows, next to several cranes. Multiple hangers could be seen over in one corner of the shipping yard. Trucks could be seen parked in different areas of the yard. An airfield could be seen at the back of the facility. Several buildings could be seen not far from the gate. And there were guards patrolling every corner of it, armed with rifles and flashlights.
Vince reached into his pocket, pulled out an earpiece and handed it to Fox; it was small and black with a small antenna on top and a mouth piece near the bottom. Fox switched it on and placed it in his right ear.
"Ok here's the plan," said Vince, "We can't attack yet because of the search lights they have around the perimeter and the guard towers will pick us off one by one. Your job is to get in there and kill the power, after that find some way to open that gate. We'll move in and help clear out the guards and start loading up the equipment. Now listen, the moment we attack their going to call in reinforcements, if that happens we're going to be in the shit. So try and stop that from happening. Understand?"
Fox nodded and Vince pointed at a section of the fence between to guard towers.
"There's a blind spot between those guard towers, if you can make it to the fence, you'll be able to climb over and get inside without much trouble," said Vince, "So what the fuck are you waiting for? Get moving!"
He pointed at the edge of the building, were the end of a fire escape could be seen. Fox dashed over to it and slid down it until he was on the metal staircase. He walked over to the edge and leaped over the railing, gravity pulling him towards the ground. He landed with loud thud, the ground underneath him cracked from the impact. He slowly stood up, walked out of the alleyway and headed towards the shipping yard.
He stopped several yards away from the blind spot in the perimeter. His eyes dashed between the two guard towers, watching as their searchlights lit up everything they saw. Both of them moved out in opposite directions, opening the blind spot for Fox. Seeing his chance, Fox dashed towards the fence at a breath taking speed, and was soon several feet away from the fence. Fox felt a sudden surge of energy pulse through his body. He leaped over the fence and a container before landing on the concrete ground, feeling it crack underneath him. He reached for his earpiece and activated the com.
"I'm in."
"Good, now shut off the power."
-x-x-x-
Fox walked through the maze of the containers, he had thought about climbing the containers but he could risk detection and ruining the plan.
He turned a corner and saw the light of torches up ahead from a right turn. He backed behind the corner and pressed his body into the container. He heard voices from around the corner.
"You see anything?" asked a squeaky voice.
"Containers, containers, and what's down there? Oh, more fucking containers!" boomed a deep voice.
"Oh stop your belly aching, just check down there and I'll check over here."
A beam of light shot down the passage in front of Fox, he heard heavy footsteps slowly making their way towards him, he pressed his body against the side of a container. The footsteps louder as they came closer. Soon a large, hulking, grey haired ape stepped into view, a Gatling gun with a flash light attachment was in his hands and he wore well-made, black security armour. He slowly turned his body to the right and saw Fox.
Before he could do anything, Fox stepped forward punched him through his chest. Pieces of his lungs, heart, rib cage and spine shot out through back as Fox pushed them out. Large amounts of blood oozed through the gaping hole. Fox withdrew his fist and the body collapsed to the ground, blood dripped off Fox's arm. Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming his way, a gold Labrador wearing a similar set of armour, only smaller, holding a machine gun which had a torch underneath the barrel.
He aimed at Fox, but before he could fire, Fox leaped into the air in his direction. Fox turned his left hand into its clawed form and landed on top of the Labrador. He then tore into the Labradors abdominal and tore out his intestines. Muscles and blood were sent flying as Fox removed his claw with the intestines still tangled in them.
Fox dragged the Labradors body back to the apes and began to stuff their bodies in a small gap between two containers. The Labradors body was easy, but the apes required a lot of work. With both bodies hidden, just, Fox took off to find the generator.
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Fox had made it out of the container maze, ahead he could see several buildings, some had light glaring out of their windows, while others were dark and lifeless. Quickly, he ducked behind a parked truck to avoid being detected. Some guards could be seen walking in and out of the buildings, and a few could be seen smoking cigarettes.
Fox looked around; he tried to find the building that was housing the generator. He noticed a long, metal building, with five windows running a long it, the other side of them was concealed by thick, grey curtains. Quietly, Fox dashed to it and ducked underneath the window, he could hear the faint sounds of laughter and shouting from inside the building. Slowly, he crept along the side of the building to its end. He stopped before stepping out, and slowly put his head around the corner. He saw two guards with their backs to him; one was a white tiger and the other was a golden wolf, both of them wore security guard armour, had their rifles on their backs and had their flash lights on their belts.
"So, when are we going to use our new toys?" asked the tiger, before taking a drag of his cigarette.
"I don't know, but when we do, The Death Bringers are going to take this planet by storm," he said, "Imagine it, we get loaded up and start tearing down 'The Crimson Skulls', 'The Hunters' and the others within minutes, and then we'll get rid of those 'Protector' assholes."
"Yeah, whoever the Boss is friends with, sure knows how to bring hell. Come on lets head inside."
Fox backed his head away from the corner as the tiger and wolf turned around and walked into the barracks. After the door closed, Fox stepped out from round the corner and looked around the area; all of the guards had gone. Fox looked at the line barracks'; noises from the occupants could be faintly heard.
Fox looked at the other buildings; one was slightly large and had no windows, most likely because of the sign above the door said 'Shower'. Another was rather small with a single window, but no light could be seen from its window. There were two buildings left, both of them had no windows, but one was larger than the one next to it. The smaller one had a sign with a lightning bolt on it on the door, with writing underneath it which read, DANGER.
Fox slowly made his way towards the door of the building. When he got there, he noticed an electronic lock with a key pad was on the left hand side of the door. Fox turned his left hand into a claw and tore open the door. Inside, was a small dark room, with a large generator at the back of it.
The generator had two cool down fans that were spinning at a rapid pace in the bottom left corner, lights could be seen flashing along certain parts of it. Several glowing white rods were stacked next to it and were held within some cylinder containers.
Fox walked up to the small computer on it. He stared at the screen, he looked the screen, it told him about the power output, the current status of the generator itself, and the strength of the cooling system. Fox then began to press at the keyboard underneath it, he selected the power output and set it to maximum, the generator began to whir and groan loader and faster. Fox then shut down the entire system, sounds of the fans suddenly died. The screen began to flash red and a message appeared on the screen, WARNING: COOLING SYSTEM DEACTIVE! GENERATOR OVERHEATING!
Fox smirked as the lights around the generator began to flash red and a siren began to wail. Fox smashed the computer, then dashed out the door and ran towards the office. He hid behind it and heard the sounds of running footsteps. He peered around the corner of the office to see large number of guards, of different species, running towards the generator building. Some of the guards reached it first and entered, just as most of the others had reached it.
Suddenly, the building exploded, throwing back all of the guards near it in different directions. Their scorched bodies slammed into the ground, some collided with some of the guards that had not been caught in the explosion. The building was nothing more than a collapsed burning ruin and was now the only light source in the complex; the lights across the complex had died out and were replaced by shadows. Fox activated his earpiece:
"Powers out, Vince."
"I noticed, our troops are in position for the attack, but you need to get that gate open before we move in."
"Don't worry, that gate will be open in a few minutes," said Fox with a chuckle as he cast his gaze towards a grey six-wheeled truck, parked across the area. "Just make sure no-one is near it when it opens."
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Vince didn't understand what Fox meant by 'just make sure no-one is near it when it opens', but he made his way back inside and began to walk down the metal catwalks and staircases of the building. At the bottom, the large area was packed with thirty troopers to begin the attack, all of them were wearing a form combat or makeshift armour over their tattered clothes, a weapon was in their hands and a small backpack was on their back. They were all sitting down and waiting for the order to move. The area was dimly lit because some troops were using flashlights to make it easier to see.
"Powers out, move it!" commanded Vince.
Everyone scrambled to their feet as Vince ran over to a metal door, he grabbed the handle and pulled back on it to unlock the door into an alleyway. Vince aimed is rifle down both ways of the alleyway, he checked that both sides were clear. The alleyway was completely devoid of life. Vince then sprinted to the end and the others followed. They stopped and looked at the gate, it was still closed.
"What the fuck is taking him so long?" cursed Vince.
Suddenly, a large grey six-wheeled truck smashed through the gate and rolled into the middle of the street. Everyone nearly fell backwards in shock as Fox casually walked out of the gate; he was covered in bucketfuls of blood and bits of flesh.
"What are you waiting for? We still have a load of shit bags to take out," shouted Fox.
Everyone rushed through the gate, all over the floor were several torn up bodies of the guards. Some had their limbs torn off while others had their insides ripped out. Large pools of blood covered the ground near each of the bodies.
Suddenly, not long after entering they came under heavy enemy fire. A group of five heavily armed guards were standing near one of the barracks'. Bullets and laser flew towards the group of Protectors as they dropped to the ground to avoid them; unfortunately, three were hit and fell lifelessly to the floor.
Fox grabbed the machine gun and several clips of one of the Protector bodies and opened fire while slowly walking in the direction of the guards. Some of the bullets struck one of the guards and tore through his armour; one went straight through his right eye. The other guards turned their attention towards Fox as their comrade's body fell to the ground.
Lasers and bullets flew through from their weapons towards Fox. They tore into Fox's flesh, but Fox remained standing. Fox then turned his machine gun on a second guard and pulled the trigger, the second guard was knocked backwards into the side of the barracks', leaving a bloody stain on the wall as it slide down it.
Realising that their shots weren't working, the remaining guards began to retreat. Unfortunately, they were caught in a barrage of laser and bullet fire from the protectors who were now on their feet. Vince raised his arm and activated his earpiece:
"Base, entrance is secure, bring in reinforcements, over," he said.
"Roger, sending reinforcements, out."
Vince lowered his arm and walked over to Fox, who was pulling lose bullets out of his body. Vince watched in amazement and shock as the bullet holes rapidly healed over when the bullets were removed and how the fur burnt from the laser fire was able to grow again. Fox noticed Vince watching him.
"Don't ask." Growled Fox as the last bullet fell out of his body by itself. "Did you want something?"
"I've called for reinforcements, I want you to find as many guards as you can and eliminate them. We'll remain here until reinforcements arrive." Ordered Vince.
"Consider them dead."
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A squad of five guards were running through the maze of containers. They were heading for entrance after hearing gunfire and an explosion. They turned right at a corner and saw the shadowy figure of a vulpine standing at the end of the path. They froze and aimed their weapons at the vulpine. The vulpine charged straight at them. All of them pulled the triggers on their weapons, lasers and bullets flew through the air and into the vulpine. However, the vulpine remained unaffected by the shots and continued running towards them.
The vulpine leaped into the air and landed on the first guard, a dark red toad. The sound of bones breaking echoed as the toad was crushed between the ground and the vulpine. The vulpine then ran forward and punched a second guard, a black and white cat, in the chest with its right fist. The vulpine's fist shot out through the guards back, sending blood, bits of muscle, bone and lungs flying out.
The three remaining backed away, trembling with fear. The vulpine turned to face them, it removed its fist, and the guards watched in shock as its hands changed into claws. The vulpine charged at a brown bulldog guard and tore off the guards head with his left claw, by slicing apart the guard's neck.
The two remaining guards, a white ape and a grey wolf, turned around and sprinted for their lives. The vulpine chased after as they ran through the maze of containers.
"What the fuck is thing?" screamed the vulpine.
"How the fuck would I know?" replied the ape loudly.
They ran left and right down the dark passages in an attempt to escape whatever was after them. Soon they made it out of the container area and were greeted by several more squads outside; behind the guards were four small buildings, one of them having a small communications tower. All of them raised their weapons and aimed at the two terrified guards.
"What happened? Where are the rest of your squad?" demanded a husky in a deep voice.
The wolf just uttered strange babbling noises, while the ape attempted to regain his breath. Soon, the ape spoke.
"There'sgaspthere's something in there." The ape managed to say. "It butchered the rest of our squad in sec..."
The ape was cut off suddenly; his head had exploded by a metal pole, which was still sticking out of what remained of his head, blood poured out like a crimson fountain, pieces of flesh, skull and brains covered the ground near his body. The body remained standing for several seconds before collapsing to the floor.
The other guard looked around in panic, trying to find what did this. Suddenly, the wolf noticed the vulpine on top of the containers.
"THERE!" he shouted, pointing at it, "THERE'S THE BASTARD!"
The other guards saw what he was pointing at. All of them aimed their weapons at the vulpine and pulled the triggers. Lasers and bullets shot straight towards the vulpine, but before they made contact, the vulpine leaped from the container and landed on the ground in a crouched position. A loud bang could be heard and the ground cracked from the impact of the landing. The guards ceased fire immediately; they looked at the vulpine as it began to slowly stand up.
Immediately, they aimed their weapons at the vulpine and opened fire. The vulpine however, just shrugged off the bullets and laser fire as they made contact with his flesh. Suddenly, the vulpine charged through the fire and turned his hands into claws. The vulpine tore his claws into the nearest guards abdominal and ripped out his intestines. Several guards had their limbs sliced off by the vulpine razor sharp claws, while others had their flesh peeled from their bones.
The remaining guards began to retreat back to the buildings, while laying heavy fire on the vulpine. The husky emptied the current clip in his machine gun on the vulpine, and then turned towards the wolf.
"Get to the Emergency Com Station, call in back up!" barked the Husky.
"But the bloody powers out, how am I to use it?" yelled the wolf.
"It has its own back up supply. NOW MOVE IT!"
The wolf span on his heels and made his way towards the building with the communications tower. The husky then reloaded his clip and opened fire on the vulpine as it ripped the torso of a nearby guard off from his hips. Blood and flesh splattered over the vulpine as it threw away the guards torso. The 9 remaining guards retreated towards the com station while stilling at the vulpine.
The vulpine lifted up one of the guards corpses and threw it at them. The body zipped through the air, causing them to brake for cover. However, a grey bat was unable to get for cover and was hit by the body, knocking the bat down and the body resting on top. The vulpine then used his claws to tear out the insides of three nearby guards; the first one had his skull torn out from his head, causing his eyeballs and brains to ooze out through his eye sockets, the second had his entire rib cage ripped from his chest along with his lungs and his flesh. The final guard had his upper torso cut off from his hips, his insides flying out of as both parts of his body landed on the floor.
Four of the remaining guards scrambled to their feet and instantly opened on the vulpine. However, they were quickly eviscerated by the vulpines' claws. The bat then pushed off the body that was on top of it and charged at the vulpine. Using his machine gun as a club, the bat began to bash it against the vulpine. The bat swung one more time, however, the vulpine slicing the gun into several pieces. The bat gasped and was frozen in place. The vulpine then sliced into the bats neck, sending the head flying.
The husky was now the only guard left, he backed towards the metal door of the com station while firing his machine gun at the vulpine. The vulpine slowly walked through the line of fire, the bullets ripped into his flesh, but they did nothing to slow him down.
Suddenly, the husky's machine gun was out of ammo, causing the husky to chuck it at the vulpine, who blocked it with his left arm. The husky reached for his belt and drew a blaster with his right hand, he aimed it at the vulpine's head and fired. A single shot hit the vulpine above his right eye, but he continued to slowly make his way towards the husky. The husky was now pressed against the door, he fired a second shot, it hit the vulpine's chest, but had no effect. The vulpine was now inches from him, the husky aimed the blaster at the head again and was about to fire.
Suddenly, the vulpine grabbed his right wrist; the husky felt vulpine's grip crush his wrist, the sound of bones slowly breaking could be heard over the sound of distant gunfire as the vulpine tightened his grip. The husky's blaster fell out of his hand as it opened. The husky grit his teeth before yelling out loud as the vulpine crushed his wrist in its hand.
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Inside the com station, the wolf had sealed the door so that it wouldn't open from the outside. He could here the sounds of gunfire echoing outside. Inside was a small radio system that was on top of a desk, a computer was on another desk next to it, and a single locker that held repair parts and tools. He sat down in front of a radio system and placed the headset over his head.
"This is an emergency broadcast to all Death Bringers, from shipping yard: 082! We have fallen under attack by heavy enemy forces! Requesting assistance!"
The wolf then heard a sudden yell from just outside the door, he continued his message.
"Repeat, we are under attack!"
A bloody fist and arm shot through the door, the wolf jumped out of the seat. He stared at the fist, before it retreated into the hole. The wolf grabbed his rifle and aimed it at the door. Suddenly, the door was ripped clean of from the wall, to reveal the vulpine, holding the door in his right hand. The vulpine threw the door away before stepping in. The wolf opened fire with his machine gun; the bullets tore across the vulpine's body but the vulpine remained standing.
Soon, the wolf's machine gun ran out of bullets. Before he could reload, the vulpine grabbed him by the neck and lifted him into the air. He felt his windpipe close as the vulpine tightened his grip.
"I...I've gaspcalled for...regaspinforcements." He managed to say. "You...don't stand...a chance."
The vulpine tightened his grip.
"Let them come."
And with that, the vulpine snapped the wolf's neck. Fox chucked the wolf's body away and activated his earpiece.
"Vince, what's your status?"
"We've eliminated all of the guards and have started loading up some of gear into some trucks, other garrisons have sent their own forms of transport to help out."
"Well, tell them to hurry up. One of these dickheads was able to call in support."
"Then get back here, I'll inform the hideout."
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Fox sprinting and jumping over the tops of the containers, he heard the sounds of shouting and engines, meaning he was nearing the entrance. He reached the end of the container maze and jumped down, catching the protectors off guard.
Fox looked around; some of the troops were cutting open the containers to gain access to the cargo inside. Others were loading them up into the trucks and the rest were behind several makeshift barriers near the gate, armed to the teeth with rifles, machine guns and rocket launchers. Behind one of the barriers was Vince and Leah, Fox ran up to them.
"When will back up be here?" asked Fox.
"In 20 minutes" replied Vince.
"We don't have 20 minutes! We need to get this stuff loaded up NOW!"
"We're doing all we can, Fox!" said Leah, "But we are in real shit, the containers are difficult to cut into and we have to pack up what's left in the hideout."
Fox just growled as they walked away. Leah started to help load some of the cargo while Vince and several other troops ran out through the gate towards the alleyway opposite.
"DEATH BRINGERS!" yelled a trooper.
Everyone froze as ten large grey trucks and six armoured jeeps with a turret on top of their roofs drove towards the entrance. On top of each jeep was a heavy mounted machine gun, manned by a Death Bringer. Ten Death Bringers jumped out the back of each truck, Fox noticed that their armour was similar to what was used by 'Ghost Company', only they weren't wearing helmets and there was a picture of a white fox skull with a large crack on the top of the skull, on their chests. Their weapons were also similar to what was used by 'Ghost Company'.
The Protectors ran for cover as the Death Bringers opened fire. Bright red lasers and bullet were flying everywhere. The protectors then returned fire, but their weaponry had little effect compared to the weapons their enemies were using. A jaguar was hit by a red laser from a Death Bringer and instantly disintegrated into a pile of burning ash. One protector aimed a rocket launcher at one of the jeeps, she pulled the trigger, and a missile flew through the and into the jeep. It exploded in an inferno, sending three Death Bringers into the ground. Some Death Bringers were equipped with grenade launchers and were creating small explosions near some of the protectors.
"Continue loading the trucks, I'll take care of these assholes!" roared Fox, as his hands became claws and his eyes glowed red.
He jumped out from behind the barrier and charged at the Death Bringers. He then leaped into the air and landed on one, crushing him beneath his feet. Fox then started eviscerating others nearby as they focused much of their fire power on him. This allowed some of the Protectors armed with rocket launchers to fire on the vehicles. After ripping out the heart of another Death Bringer, Fox grabbed the front of one of the jeeps and lifted it above his head, shocking the Protectors and Death Bringers alike. He then launched it into a truck, creating a giant fire ball that consumed roughly ten Death Bringers.
Fox turned around to see a vulture Death Bringer, several feet away from him, aim his machine at him. Before Fox could move, the vulture was gunned downed in the back. Fox watched as the body dropped then turned his gaze to see Vince and four other Protectors. Unfortunately, several Death Bringers opened fire on the protectors, killing two of them, while a jeep fired on Fox. Fox charged at the jeep while Vince and the other trooper, a crocodile, retreated back to the alleyway.
Fox climbed on top of the jeep and yanked out the gunner on the machine gunner, grabbed one of his grenades and tossed him away. He activated the grenade and dropped it down into the jeep through the turret. Fox jumped off the truck, just as flames burst out through the windows and turret. Everywhere outside the entrance was brightly lit up from the flames of burning wrecks and bodies.
Vince and the crocodile fired at the Death Bringers from their point in the alley way. Vince then dashed out and ducked behind a burnt out wrecked jeep. The croc followed but was hit a by a laser and burned to ashes before Vince's' eyes. Vince fired from his post again before moving to the wrecked truck that had been used by Fox to open the gate. Fox saw his predicament and rushed over to the five Death Bringers that were firing on him. But before he reached them, Vince broke from cover and sprinted towards the gate, he got closer with every step, he nearly reached the gate when a laser shot through his back. Fox watched as Vince burned and collapsed into a pile of ash.
Fox was filled with rage; he fell his rage burn deep inside as he charged at the Death Bringers and started to rip them apart. Limbs were sent flying, flesh splattered everywhere and blood stained the ground as he continued his rampage. Suddenly, he heard a voice on his communicator, it was Leah.
"Fox, fall back to the entrance, things have gotten out of hand, and there is no way we're staying."
"What about the reinforcements?"
"We've agreed to rendezvous with them at a place not too far away from here. But we need you to cover us."
"What the rest of the weapons?"
"We found a very powerful bomb; we've armed it and need to leave before it blows in 20 minutes!"
"Fine" muttered Fox.
Fox returned to the entrance and killed the eight Death Bringers who were taking shots at the Protectors as they got onboard the trucks. Fox continued to kill the Death Bringers just as each truck left the shipping yard. Soon the last truck slowed down by the entrance to allow Fox to get on board.
Fox jumped on the back of the truck and clambered in with the help of two protectors, a lemur and stallion, inside. As soon as he was in, the stallion banged on the back, behind the trailer, resulting in the truck picking up speed.
The rest of the Death Bringers returned to the remaining vehicles and gave chase. The vehicles they had working were two jeeps and six trucks. Suddenly, there was a large explosion from the container area within the shipping yard, containers flew into the air and crashed into the ground and some buildings. One landed on a Death Bringer truck, crushing it and it occupants. Another container landed in front of a second truck, the driver made a hard left to avoid it, but as he did, the truck tipped onto its side and rolled into the burning container.
The Protectors convoy raced through the streets of the abandoned area, followed by the battered Death Bringer armour unit. Both groups made twists and turns along the dark roads of the abandoned area.
Fox felt the truck make a hard right and then brake suddenly. He looked out the back to see several armed protectors run behind the truck to take cover behind several barriers that were made from random bits of junk.
"Come on, we're not finished!" said the stallion in a deep voice as he clambered out of the truck, followed by the lemur.
Fox clambered the back out of the truck to see they had stopped in a disused construction site. A metal wall ran around the perimeter of the site. In the middle was the incomplete metal frame of a skyscraper. Large piles of scrap metal could be seen in the far corners of the site, and in one of the corners where several heavily weathered construction robots of different sizes were rusting away. The smallest robots were of normal height with a humanoid form, with four robotic arms and had rusted, peeling, yellow paint. The larger models had a humanoid torso attached to a sloped base that held a pair of caterpillar tracks. Two large arms with three metal fingers each were attached to the torso. A head the size of a small boulder with a single smashed eye lens in the middle of it, rested on top.
Protectors were moving to makeshift walls or any object that could supply cover. Some of them were filthy and pretty banged up, while the rest were clean and fresh. Everyone was checking that their weapons were loaded. Soon the Death Bringers appeared around a bend and stopped in front of the entrance to the site.
"Open fire!" ordered Leah.
Lasers and bullets barraged the Death Bringer vehicles, only to have little effect. The gunners on the two jeeps returned fire as they got closer to the site. The trucks slowed down to drop off the remaining Death Bringers. The area was ablaze with laser fire and explosions as the two sides fought to destroy each other.
Fox charged straight at the Death Bringers, and proceeded to rip them apart with his claws. He sliced off the top half of a silver fox's head, and ripped off the jaw of a tiger. He then jumped onto one of the armoured jeeps and ripped the gunner out of the turret before climbing inside. No sooner had he entered, blood and pieces of flesh splattered over all of the windows like a thick, crimson paint. He then clambered out through the turret, his fur was heavily stained by blood and had pieces of flesh stuck on it.
Most of the protectors broke cover and charged at the remaining Death Bringers. One fired a rocket launcher at several Death Bringers, who had taken cover behind one of the trucks. The missile struck the truck, destroying it and sending the burnt Death Bringers flying in different directions.
The gunner on the last jeep, yellow-green lizard, began slaughtering them in large numbers, while they tried to get rid of him. He was enjoying himself watching as multiple protectors moved out and were caught in his line of fire. Suddenly, he felt the jeep lift and watched the front rise into the air, nearly causing him to fall out. He slowly turned around in the turret to see Fox McCloud holding the rear of the jeep in mid air above his head. Then Fox threw the jeep backwards, the roof of it slammed into the ground, crushing the gunner and causing his blood to trickle through the gap between the road and jeep.
Fox looked to see roughly seventeen Death Bringers huddled behind a wrecked truck as the protectors kept them pinned down through their constant fire. He sprinted towards and leaped over the truck, taking the Death Bringers by complete surprise. His left claw sliced open the head of a black pit-bull, while his right tore into the head of a pale white pig.
The others scrambled in different directions to get away from Fox, eight of them were gunned down by the Protectors, while the remaining seven stopped to open fire on Fox. Fox dashed forward and ripped out the lungs of the nearest Death Bringer, before tearing out the spine of another through their chest.
He then ripped the flesh off the head of a cat and pulled off the arms of a brown bear. Next, he began to beat a panther to death with the bear's arms, leaving only a rhino and a raven.
The rhino charged at Fox with the horn aimed at him, but before it could strike, Fox grabbed the rhino's horn and snapped it off, and then Fox stabbed the rhino in the right eye with its own horn. He pushed deeper into the rhinos head; ignoring the yells and shakes of agony from the rhino as the horn went through, soon the rhino stopped yelling and shaking. Fox pushed his body away and slowly walked up to the raven.
The raven backed away, but stumbled backwards and landed on the floor. Fox grabbed the raven's leg and lifted him into the air; the raven kicked about and waved his arms as he was suspended above the ground. Fox grabbed one of his arms, lifted him above his head and pulled. The raven screamed at the top of his voice, the sound of bones braking could be heard over his screams. Suddenly, the raven's hips separated from his torso, causing blood, organs and muscles to spray everywhere over Fox. He threw the ravens pieces away and slowly made his way back towards the protectors location.
He felt the eyes of the surviving protectors staring at him as he made his towards one of the trucks, where Leah was waiting.
"What now?"Asked Fox.
"Uh...we need to get the cargo back to HQ... the commander will decide what to do with it." Replied Leah, she was struggling to keep herself from throwing up, because of the state Fox was in.
"Then you're driving."
Fox walked over to the passenger's side of the truck and clambered inside. Leah got in through the driver's side and started the engine.
"Wake me up when we're there," said Fox as he closed his eyes.
Leah put the truck in reverse to turn around, and then drove out of the construction site, heading for the Protectors HQ.
There you are a crap chapter for a crap story. Anyway, say what you think, no matter how negative it is.