"Chapter 9- The final battle"
Vera really thought that Arkady took it to the extreme when he shot Miriam. Not even the under the martial law of Hansa did they do that. Vladimir and Boris cover up the body with some sheets lying on the ground. Arkady stood over it with no expression. He didn't know what to say. To have someone you know your entire life in the Metro die by your hands. Vera wasn't sure if he wanted to help anymore. With this new problem did Arkady even care about Dmitry's station anymore? Arkady finally moved and he walked out the door back to the surface. He stopped by Victor who was still guarding the door and told him to follow him and they left the sight of Vera.
"Do you think he is going to help our, I mean your station Dmitry?" Vera asked.
Dmitry shook his head a little "I don't know Vera. For now stay in my sight. I have a feeling in my gut that this isn't over yet."
Arkady returned with Victor a few moments later with a cardboard box. They walked to the pipe where one would replace the filter. He opened the box and out came a clean cylinder filter like the one that was installed to the pipe. He turned to Victor.
"Ready?" He asked.
"A little radiation never hurts anyone chief." He said.
Victor made his way to a restroom that was under the office. He made his way to the sink, took off his gasmask, helmet and gloves. He looked a little older than Dmitry, with short blonde hair. He folded his hands and caught some water. He quickly gulped down the water and rubbed his mouth clean. His face looked disgusted and he coughed really loud and spit rode down his lips to the ground. He cleaned himself up with his sleeves and putted his gasmask on and took a deep breath. Arkady then removed the old filter and replaced it with the newer one. When he finished he walked up to Dmitry and Vera.
"The filters in place and I a few minutes the water should be clean that passes to your station. Victor is going to be our bait for this and if the water he drinks is good then I will send him to your station and see if the water is fine." Arkady said.
"That's good." Vera said.
"Vera, I want to apologize for what I did. I shouldn't have jumped to a conclusion like that. I trust Dmitry so I should have trusted you to. It's just I never figured Miriam to be crazy enough to do something like that. Good thing Karmin was listening or you two would have been killed and your station would suffer even more. I am sorry."
Vera didn't know what to say and was saved by Victor yelling "Is it time for me to drink some more? I am feeling kind of sick!"
"A little radiation never hurts anyone, ha what a joke. Yes I suppose you could." Arkady yelled back.
Victor took off his mask and turned on the sink on again. He drank some more water and this time he actually got more.
"It's good real good." He yelled and then quickly putted his mask on again.
"That's water right out of the factory for you. O.K. go back to the station Victor and tell see if the water is drinkable again." Arkady said.
Victor nodded and swung his Klash 2012 to his hands and ran toward the station.
"Well Mr. Volonsky looks like your station is going to profit once again." Arkady said.
"Couldn't have done it without your help Arkady." Dmitry said.
"Well this was really the first time my men ever even left more than a mile from Emerald City and I am surprised how calm and collective they were."
Gunfire sounded outside of the facility. This got the attention of the group as Karmin's voice came on the radio.
"Arkady we have a problem!" He screamed through the mike.
"What is it?" He asked.
"A whole swarm of animals are rushing at us, about a hundred of them!"
Victor came rushing back into the plant.
"Shut the door, shut the door!" He yelled.
Arkady ran to the door and pressed a red button to the side of it. The door slowly descended leavening enough room for a big hairy beast to rush into the room.
"Shoot it!" Arkady yelled as combined fire from Dmitry and Victor silenced the beast.
"What the hell is that thing?" Victor yelled.
Vladimir and Boris came running back to the group.
"Boris is there a back door to this place?" Arkady yelled.
"Yes we closed it though." Boris responded.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The metal door to the plant was being pounded on and leavening small dents.
"Karmin what's the status?" Arkady asked.
"There are about a hundred of them. They are circling around the plant." Karmin said over the radio.
Vera looked at the beast and noticed that she had seen them before.
"Dmitry it is those things we fought on the surface the first time we went up." She said.
"Those things are smart." Boris said.
"What are we going to do?" Vladimir asked.
"Did you two see anyway other way out?" Dmitry asked.
"No just the main entrance and the back door." Vladimir said.
Arkady got a determined expression on his face behind the mask.
"This is the plan. Dmitry, Victor, Boris and I will cover the main entrance. Vladimir cover the back door if they start going though you shoot then pull back to us. Vera take the ladder and get up to the roof with Karmin." Arkady commanded.
The group did what they were told to do. The four men quickly stetted up a defensive line toward the entrance. Vladimir helped Vera take Miriam's Corpse up the roof the he went to cover the back door. Vera dragged her to Karmin on the roof who was told to hold fire so that the mutants won't jump on the roof. The plan was to hold the line as long as they could then retreat back up to the roof so they could have a kill zone at the entrance and everyone else cover them as the mutants jumped on the roof. Dmitry's heart was pounding faster then the time he was captured by the Fourth Reich or the time he was with the Revolutionaries in the firefight. Even being surrounded by trained gunman and armed with the most superior firepower in the Metro, he was more afraid then he was when they first embarked to the surface with Comrade Bonsai.
When the door fell and the first wave of mutants rushed through Dmitry fired all he had. His Comrades also gave it there all. With each passing mutant more came through. They screeched every time they were hit and moaned when they were killed.
A stream of continued fire lasted for about three minutes when Vladimir yelled through the mike.
"THEY ARE BREAKING THROUGH! TOO MANY OF TH- AHHHHHH! He cried over the radio.
"Vladimir is down. Hurry Dmitry up the latter then Victor then Boris now GO!" Arkady yelled.
Dmitry quickly ran to the latter and climbed it as fast as he could. When he got to the top he gave suppressive fire at the entrance as the pile of mutants flooded into the plant. Victor then climbed up and gave suppressive fire. Akrady stood next to the latter as Boris tried to climb up but as he went up a mutant coming from the back entrance flanked them from behind and leapt up to Boris. The mutant landed on him and quickly tore off his arm as the man screamed. Arkady thinking that he was finished already climbed up the latter and the men rushed through the catwalk too the roof.
Karmin and Vera waited for them. Karmun looked disappointed that only three of them made it but then got into formation. He would use his rail gun to kill the mutants coming in from the catwalk and when he needed to recharge or reload, Victor fired his 2012 till Karmin was ready. Dmitry, Vera and Arkady would cover them incase the mutants jumped up on the roof from the sides. As quickly as it ran through his head, Karmin was shooting the mutants one by one as they got onto the cat walk as Victor scavenged Miriam's ammo cases. The mutants unfortunately did jump to the roof from the sides but they were no match for Dmitry's auto shotgun until he needed to reload. With only six shells that could fit into the shotgun and with the twelve extra rounds he had he only used he shotgun in case they got to far on the roof, otherwise he used his Klash 2012 that had a forty round clip and with four more clips of that he didn't use on the barricade downstairs he made sure to fire when he had a good shot. This continued fighting lasted for about ten minutes till someone said "I am out!" It was Vera. Dmitry only had two clips left and one he just slipped into his Klash. The catwalk finially collapsed from the weight of the dead mutants and fell to the floor. It fell at an angle, like a ramp, to where one could still get onto the roof. Karmin decided to shut the door.
"Ammo checks everyone, 3 clips and 25 rounds for my revolver!" Arkady yelled.
"Two clips and twelve shells!" Dmitry yelled.
"Six clips here have some!" Victor said and handed three to Vera.
"Miriam might have some ammo on her!" Karmin said.
"I checked her already." Victor said.
Arkady looked around. There were still a lot of mutants swarming in.
"We are not going to last long with out help." He said.
He looked at the entrance to the station across the street. The mutants were not coming in that direction and it gave him an idea.
"I need someone fast and won't make a lot of noise." He turned to Vera. "Vera I need you to jump down and run for the station."
"What me?" She asked.
"You're the fastest one out of all of us and I need everyone else to fight them off. I need you to go get help."
"You're not going to put her in harms way!" Dmitry protested.
"No he is right Dmitry. I could make it over there." She said.
Dmitry was dumb stuck when he caught himself saying "If you are sure."
"Good. I need you to jump off and run to the station. Karmin will give you covering fire." Arkady said.
When she looked down mutants were trying to climb up the side but couldn't get a grip.
"How am I suppose to get down they will swarm me once I land?" She said.
"No… They will be distracted." Arkady said and walked over to Miriam's corpse. "Victor help me lift her."
"That's messed up chief." He said but grabbed her feet and helped Arkady to the lift her to the edge.
"You will have one shot at this. Climb down onto those pipes then jump down and run like hell to the station." Arkady said.
The plan seemed dangerous but they had to do it. Their radios only broadcasted to each other and if they could get other stations then the connection would be terrible outside with the wind and the underground blockage.
"Vera you don't have to if you don't want to." Dmitry said.
"I have to. I know you're looking out for me." She said.
She looked over at the other three guys who were looking down at the mutants, then turned to Dmitry. She raised her mask up to her nose revealing her lips and then raised Dmitry's mask on the right side of his face and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Being a little stunned has his mask fell back into position; Dmitry watched as Vera fixed her gasmask and walked to Arkady who gave her his revolver and took her heavy Klash 2012 and ammo off of her hands then helped her down onto the pipes so she could jump down from the lowest height.
"O.K. One…Two… Three!" Arkady said and the men pushed Miriam off the roof and fed her corpse to the mutants. The mutants trying to climb the wall retreated as she fell then quickly pounced on her. With the distraction Vera jumped off the pipes and landed on her feet and then ran for the station. Two of the mutants who couldn't get the distraction charged after her. Karmin used his rail gun and with dead on accuracy killed the mutants one by one.
"Oh crap behind us!" Victor yelled.
Mutants climbed up from the opposite side of them. The group fired at them, making every shot count. Arkady used his and Vera's gun with great accuracy.
Vera was almost at the station. She managed to make it to the gate with no problem. She turned to look at the men when she heard gunfire from the roof. They were firing at the other side of the roof but she couldn't see at what so she assumed more mutants. He ran across the street to the entrance of the station and went down the steep stairs. She made it to the blast doors and then pounded rapidly on it with the revolver as she heard a loud howl behind her.
"Running low on ammo!" Victor yelled.
The men were all back to back at the mutants came from all sides.
Dmitry handed him his last full clip and said "Make it count!"
Dmitry had half a clip in his 2012 and would turn to his shotgun soon. When he did he threw his 2012 as hard as possible at a mutant causing it to knock over and fall off the edge. The roof was a nice square and they easily had distance from the edges in the middle. Dmitry pulled out his shotgun and quickly reloaded it.
One almost got close but he fired at it twice and it fell but it was followed by another which Dmitry shot it point blank into the face and it flipped over back words. Three more rounds and three more mutants dead later and Dmitry had to reload once again.
"I am out of silver bearings!" Karmin said as he holstered his rail gun to his back and pulled out a Makarov pistol and a trench knife.
"I am out too." Victor yelled pulling out his pistol and trench knife. Arkady didn't say anything but it was clear he was out to when he dropped his and Vera's gun and pulled out his trench knife. Dmitry was the only one with a gun and it was only left with six shots.
The mutants waited to attack; waiting for more to climb up and when about eight surrounded them they charged.
