Amy's Passion
Chapter Six
...took me long enough to update...Gahlik belongs to Calvin and Gahlik and Shadow, Jayln to Sil, and then now I own Kai, Alexia, and Vinny, and everyone else is to SEGA.
...despite the fact that I'm being targeted by the strongest military force in the world, being shot at, and am a criminal on the run along with Gahlik, Jayln, Kai, Amy, Alexia and Shadow. I'm surprisingly calm. But then again, giving my situation, that's probably a good thing...I hope they get away!
-Vinny
"They've got a lot of ammo on those helicopters." Gahlik stated as he and Vinny tore down the beach. Gunfire sprayed across the sand, sending waves into the air upon impact. Searchlights covered the area, covering the two runaways in a bright beam. The two of them dove forward on instinct as bullets struck the ground under their feet. They landed in a roll and got right back up again.
"I'm more worried about how we ditch them then how much ammo they have." Vinny replied casually. There was a pause in the fire, and Vinny risked slowing down a bit.
"Dude, what're they doing?" Vinny asked. It seemed as if GUN had given up any hope of shooting them whatsoever. Gahlik, however, thought otherwise.
"Vinny, we need to move, now!" Gahlik exclaimed, before sprinting down the beach. A heartbeat later, Vinny was right on his tail.
"Gahlik, what's wrong?" Vinny asked. Gahlik pointed back towards the GUN helicopters and jets, and Vinny saw it.
"Bombers." The word had barely escaped his lips when the gunfire resumed, this time with explosions threatening to tear the beach apart. The two of them pressed forward at full speed, a scene of destruction unfolding itself behind them.
On the opposite side of the beach however, was a paradox. There was no gunfire or explosions to be seen, the sand was cast with shadow, and the water carelessly lapped across the sand. Shadow led the way, followed by Kai and Jayln, and then Amy and Alexia. They were closing in on the end of the beach, with an entrance to the city just a few hundred meters ahead. There was a breach in the tall wooden fence that surrounded the city, but the path leading to it was surrounded on both sides by large sand dunes. Shadow noted that if GUN had a spot planned for an ambush, it would be right here. However, the five of them pressed onwards anyway. They were closing in on the door when Shadow's suspicions were proved accurate. A large regiment of GUN soldiers, roughly 300 in size, surrounded Shadow and the others, with 140 troops with AK-47's pointing down at them from each dune, and 20 men with either M16's or RPG's blocked the gap in the fencing.
"We have you surrounded! Put your hands up!" A voice exclaimed from a megaphone. To everyone's surprise, Shadow actually stopped.
"Shadow, what are you doing, idiot?!" Alexia whispered angrily. Shadow didn't even look at her.
"Shut up and get ready." was his only reply. Shadow slowly raised his hands into the air, so Amy and Jayln quickly followed his lead, while Kai and Alexia followed a bit more hesitant.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Kai hesitantly asked. Again, she got no response. Without warning, Shadow suddenly shot forward in a black and red blur. Amy and Kai instantly flew forward, Jayln and Alexia hot on their heels.
"Open fire!" the regiment's Commander roared into his megaphone. Bullets started flying through the air, penetrating the silence. 3 distinct blurs seemed to glide down the narrow stretch of beach with bullets everywhere, heading straight for the 20 GUN soldiers blocking the exit. With the distance between Shadow, the closest, and the exit closing rapidly, he decided to pull out his newest move. As Shadow came within just within 10 meters or so, he leaped forward, as far as he could. Without warning, he quickly twisted himself into a corkscrew, spinning so fast he could've impaled Fort Knox three times over without slowing.
"What the..." a GUN soldier said as a black blur flew over him, creating a small horizontal twister behind it. Two more distinct blurs followed suit, and all three of them dashed into the street, fading away into the shadows. Everyone hesitantly stood up, and the Commander threw his gun to the ground in disgust.
"Shadow, just what was that?" Amy asked. The five of them had stopped to lay low for a bit, so they'd gone straight to Amy's apartment. Amy and Alexia were sitting on her bed, staring at Shadow, who was leaning against the far wall, who was being ignored by Kai and Jayln, who were in the kitchen getting snacks. Shadow shrugged.
"You know, your corkscrew jump?" Alexia inquired.
"My corkscrew jump, what else?" Shadow said, a bit of sarcasm on his voice. He then relented.
"I don't have a name for it, if that's what you're implying." He commented.
"Whatever it was, it was pretty cool." Alexia said. Shadow just shrugged off her compliment as if it were nothing. Kai came back in with a plate loaded with chips and salsa in one hand, while tossing a remote in the other.
"Here you go." Kai said as she placed the plate on the bed. A flick of her finger and the TV turned on, a news broadcast flashing upon the screen. Amy took one look at the screen and gasped. Upon the 16" screen was a bird's eye view of Gahlik and Vinny as they sped down the beach, kicking up large sprays of sand behind them. Bullets were slicing through the air, sending small tufts of sand through the air, some missing them by meters, others by centimeters. This combined with small explosives destroying everything within a 20 meter radius seemed to be destroying the beach completely, and always missing their target.
"Just how long is that beach?" Jayln asked, walking in with her own snack tray. Alexia shrugged, but she was the only one who would focus on something other than the TV. Shadow, Amy, Kai and Jayln were all staring at the TV, wide-eyed. The news announcer spoke quietly, but the statement couldn't have been any more effective if she yelled.
"One of them has been hit! Repeat, one of them has been hit! We're receiving visual confirmation now..."