A/N : 9th chapter! 3 minor K.I.A. warning!
I don't know any other words that can start the briefing cinematic. Sorry if you got bored with the first lines :D.
Disclaimer : I don't own anything I don't own. Does anybody read this anyway?
Chapter 9
*Tactical Agenda - Playing*
UT Taskforce
The console on the briefing room went online, revealing Lousiana map and several white dots. Half of them moved to the north.
"HQ, this is Sergeant Monson. Do you copy, over?" Tabby's voice was heard on the radio.
"We heard you loud and clear. Report." Jalal replied.
"N.E.G. scout just showed up and informed us that our intel's off. Delta team are continuing the mission while we're going to some uninhabited island. According to N.E.G., it's where the real fortress are. Requesting some Cicadas for our transportation."
"Request granted. We'll send some autopiloted Cicadas on your position."
"Thanks. Monson out." The transmission ended. Jalal then moved the map to the current position of Delta team. He then contacted Malcolm.
"Delta one, come in." He said.
"This is Delta one, sir. What is it?" Malcolm replied on the radio.
"How's the situation?"
"We just found an N.E.G. scout and..."
"Sergeant Monson had already reported the news. Have you found anything?"
"We're approaching the energy source, sir. So far, no resistance detected. We only spotted some when we're still with the Epsilons"
"Good, keep me posted. Jalal out."
"Right into the trap"
Lousiana, 0400 Hours.
Sergeant Naruto Uzumaki
UT Taskforce - Delta
Status : Alive.
"This is it, sir." said Taye, one of the Thunder Crash soldiers.
"Intel's off, I see." Brock growled silently.
We were on an open area. Nothing was on sight, except a small cube shaped thingy with an antenaa. Part of it was buried in the dirt. "Picard, Tamika, investigate the device." ordered Malcolm.
The two Thunder Crash soldiers pulled out the little box they called "Scanning device". Somehow, suddenly I had a bad feeling. It felt like a...
"It feels like we're walking on a death trap here." said Malcolm, who somehow just expressed what I was thinking, word by word. Did he just read my mind or something?
"You know, that's exactly what I'm thinking."
"Really? I never thought you'll think of something like..."
BOOM!
Suddenly, a huge explosion that could be compared to that of a Redeemer broke the silence.
"Son of a..." Johnson cursed.
The explosion came from the device, killing the 2 Thunder crash soldiers no doubt.
"Contact! We got Tangos coming from... ARGH!" Karag stopped in mid-sentence as a Skaarj Lord impaled his stomach.
"Karag's down!" Brock reported.
"Suppressing fire!" Malcolm ordered. All of us took cover behind stones, tress, or anything big enough to cover our bodies from the bullet rainstorm.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I created 5 clones, all armed with sidearms and packs of kunais. They successfully took out 10 Skaarj Scouts and injured 5 Troopers. But soon, Skaarj stinger guns roared, nailing all clones.
"Sand Coffin!" Gaara covered a couple of Skaarj Gunners whose Eightballs were being loaded. "Sand..."
KA-BOOM! KA-BOOM! KA-BOOM!
The sand coffin-ed Skaarjs were blown up by their own weapons due to the facts that Skaarj's Eightball guns are like Human's, cannot hold rockets inside longer than a second, and Gaara's sand coffin was almost impenetrable.
"A cruel way to end their lifes, don't you think so, Gaara?" I tried to make a joke. He, of course, didn't reply. He used his sand to grab the Eightballs, which somehow had made it in one piece, and fired them all on every direction, emptying it all. The rocket storm killed several Skaarjs on sight. The others ran away, fearing for their life.
"Wow, didn't know you could do that!" I complimented.
"I was thinking about naming it 'Sand Arsenal'" He replied. Wait, did he just make a joke? That's very unlikely. But I didn't have time to think about it much longer, because Malcolm was already giving order to move out.
"Malcolm! I had called some Big Birds to pick us up on LZ! They'll be there in 20 minutes!" Koden reported as he ended the transmission to HQ.
"Well, they should be faster. Why the long E.T.A.?" Tory asked.
"All fast flying aircrafts were called to pick the Epsilons up."
"That makes sense." Tory said sarcastically. "I mean, Epsilon's such a big team, isn't it?"
"Stop complaining and get your asses to the LZ fast!" Malcolm interrupted.
After a couple minutes of run-and-gun, we made it to the LZ, almost...
"30 seconds before the extraction team arrives, sir." Riker reported as he ducked to avoid bullets. They only passed through his blond hair.
10 seconds lated, we arrived at the LZ. The Skaarjs were amassing in a large number. Suddenly, we heard a loud whirring noise above.
"Delta, this is Big bird Bravo 7. We're ready to land." reported Whitman, one of the Beta team member with a scary-looking face.
"Belay that, we're gonna need you to bombard the Skaarj forces. And no, I don't care about danger close. " Malcolm replied. I gulped as I heard that. The bombardment could get us killed ourselves.
"Alright. Coordinates of bombardment, minus Z. -7, +4. Bombs away!"
The choppers took a while to load their rockets and lock the bombing spot, or was it the other way around? I mean, they always say 'lock and load', not 'load and lock'.
A few seconds later, hundreds of rockets were unleashed, killing all the Skaarjs in the area.
"Target destroyed, 50+ K.I.A.s confirmed!" Whitman reported the result.
"Alrighty, land your choppers immediately before their friends shows up!" Malcolm ordered.
I rubbed my ears. The explosions had deafened me. Now my ears really hurt.
The choppers landed smoothly. We wasted no time and dashed to the aircrafts.
BANG!
Suddenly something pierced my shoulder. I quickly lost my energies and balance. I fell on the grass, unable to stand up.
"NARUTO!"
It was Koden. He approached me and helped me standing up. "Cover him!" He ordered, despite the fact that he was not a commanding officer, or anyone who could give orders. I saw the others beginning to fire their weapons to the woods.
Koden was shot too, but not in any vital parts. He dropped me down however. Soon, he reached for my hand and dragged me to one of the choppers. I tried my best to defend myself. With my sidearm, I shot any Skaarj on sight. I even managed to throw some kunais.
"Naruto's clear!" reported Koden as we finally arrived at the chopper. One of the Delta team member, whom I believed was named Ariel approached me. She waved a scanner across my body. "Don't worry, you'll live." She said as she removed the Tarydium shard from my shoulder.
Ariel wasn't a medic, so far I heard. But Brock said she knew a thing or two about medical treatment. I sighed in relief. Not for a while, I fell asleep.
A/N : He'll live, don't worry.
The coordinates codes is a made-up one since I don't really understand the original ones. Since the setting is in 24th century, we can say the codes have changed.
So, let me explain how you read it.
'Minus Z' means zero height.
-7, +4 : 7 meter to the west, 4 meters to the north. Both from the position of the speaker.
So, to be short : Think of Cartesius Diagram.
Karag was originally from Metal Guard, but on UT3, he is on Iron Guard.
