CHAPTER SEVEN

I ran down the spiral stairs and caught myself as the place rumble from the explosions outside. I came out of the stairs and saw one of our men shoot an enemy trooper. He screamed and fell to the ground. Suddenly our man fell to the ground as well. I ran forward and pounced on the enemy that had just stabbed him with a knife. We struggled as he attempted to get me off his back. I brought my hands around him neck and pulled it back towards me quickly. I heard a snap and the man went limp and fell to the ground.

I took a breath as the air began to smell of blood and battle. I heard someone shout. I looked through the doorway. A man stood in a crouch. Holding a rocket launcher. I held my breath. The rocket had fired. I ducked and rolled underneath it and sprang up as it exploded, sending me and the man flying back. I landed into a roll and came up on my feet. I looked over and the man was laying on the ground.

Dead. From his own rocket. "Nice job mate…" I muttered, stepping over him and into the balcony. The view was one of death. Men were lying all over the field outside, dead. But More men were fighting as well. I hear a war cry to my right. I turned and caught a man attempting to spear my head and tossed him over the side. I turned and walked to the left of the balcony, were I found a ladder that lead to the ground. I stepped onto it and slid down it. It was a good 10 story drop.

I landed on the grassy ground in a crouch. A man walked over to me. "Well. Matt, I'd say your plan worked!" I stood and nodded at the General. "With a very short negotiation meeting too…"

"He got away then?" I nodded, as a man flew over our heads from a grenade explosion. The general turned and waved at the man who had thrown the grenade. "Wonderful job Corgan!"

Corgan let out a war cry of his own before racing off to attack more of Halman's guards. Suddenly 5 guards came running up to us, weapons raised. The general raised his pistol and shoot two as I pulled my own pistol and shot the other three. "This should be over momentarily." I said.

"How's that?"

"Halman has fled. They won't be able to stay in some kind of formation without guidance."

"Just a bunch of men running around pointlessly then…"

"Yep."

I shot another enemy guard. The battle continued to stretch on for hours, until we had swept the entire fortress out. It seemed, that, President Halman had really escaped. I made my way down a hallway and caught Sydney in my arms as we turned the corner at the same time. She smiled as we hugged. She grabbed my hand and pulled me down the hall. "Come on. We found something you might want to look at."

"What is it?"

She pulled me into an office. The General and Kyana were sitting at a desk, looking through some papers. The General stood as I walked up to the desk. He handed me some papers. "He didn't get a chance to destroy any of his documentation. I think I might know where he's heading…" I looked at the papers. They were transcripts and receipts. For weapons and artillery.

I flipped the page. "Nice going General." I said, looking at a map with a path drawn on it. "No doubt it's a trap…"

"No Doubt." The General Repeated. Sydney walked over.

"What now?"

"Now," I said, smiling, "We spring the trap."

Dak dropped the three of us on a cliff face. We looked down at the small base in the cliff opposite from our position. "Looks like… guards. With assault rifles…"

"Same here…"

"Let's go."

I grabbed Kyana. "Wait…"

They both turned to me. "Whatever happens… stay together…"

They nodded. Sydney and I briefly kissed. "How are we going to do this?" Kyana asked. "Direct attack…" I said. We got on Dak. Put a gaping hole in their front window…

You got it Matt…

I smiled as Dak took off, at full speed, toward the base. "Hold on!" I yelled through the sound of the wind. Suddenly there was a red/yellow/blue Fireball that shot straight through the wall of the base. "Nice job! Take us in quickly. Weapons everyone…"

Suddenly Dak dove through the hole. I stood as soon as it was clear, through the glass and scraps of metal. A guard stood up. I flipped through the air off Dak's head and slammed the back of my boot into his face.

The three other guards in the room started to stand. Kyana ran full speed at one of them and slashed his throat. Sydney pulled a pistol and shot the other two.

Dak, start ripping this place apart from the outside…

Got it…

I turned as more guards ran in. Sydney ran full tilt at a wall and flipped through the air, firing her pistols, taking down two of the now 7 guards.

One guard turned and pulled a knife and rushed toward me. I caught the hand with the knife and flipped him around so his back was toward me and jammed his hand and knife into his throat and then kicked him over.

"Next…"