The Jacob Chronicles:

Project Freedom:

Chapter 9

6/28/2738 9:14

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Pvt. Jack McFadden

Jack hit the ground hard. His armor absorbed most of the impact. The pod was impaled into the side of a building. He grabbed his weapon from its holster and kicked the door off the pod.

He fell about two stories. He looked up to see the enemy was dropping their pods. The citizens were being evacuated to the naval base to get picked up by one of the pillars that came with them. He checked his map and located the rendezvous. There was three enemy troop drop pods in the way of him and his rendezvous. He started heading down the road.

"This is MCPO Romanov. Anyone catching my transmissions."came a voice from his mic.

"This is Sgt. White checking in. I have Pvt. Jackson and Spc. Ross with me.

"SS. Heartfilia checking in. Lemar is with me."

"Pvt. McFadden here" he replied.

"Spc. Dalton Masterson speaking."

"Marcus Payne calling in"

"Sgt. Tristan Grey here."

"Sgt Vicktor and my squad here."

"Check in when you can." Jacob finished.

He continued walking toward the rendezvous. He arrived at the first drop pod. It was open.

He ran toward it to check inside. He lifted his weapon. Nothing. He looked around. Something blinked on his motion sensor. He still couldn't see anything. He had an idea.

He took out a smoke grenade. He pulled out the pin and tossed it. He looked at the smoke. A glimmer. He opened fire.

*Screech*

The creatures cloaking device turned off. It was running along the walls of the buildings.

He shot at the creature. It was fast unbelievably fast.

"Die! you bitch!" he screamed. The bullets traced behind it. He got it in the head. The creature screeched again and it fell off the wall. It laid still on the ground where it fell. He approached it slowly. The creature was long black and slick. It looked like a dog-snake hybrid. It had a lot of machinery on it.

*Shink*

A sudden rush of weakness hit him.

"Die! you bitch!" said a distorted version of his voice. Cold, all he felt was cold. The blade was pulled out of his back. His vision blurred to black before he could see the assailant's face.

6/28/2738 9:32

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MCPO. Jacob Romanov

Jacob was following the route he traced out on his map. He was alone.

*Cack,Cack,Cack*

Gunshots! he thought. He quickly followed the source of sound. There was smoke in the air. There was one of the enemy drop pods. He went to the pod he checked it out. There was nothing in it. He was going to walk away but he noticed something the ground was wet.

It was night on this planet so he had to turn on the light to see what was on the ground. It was red! He walked forward slowly and almost tripped on something. He looked down. Pvt. McFadden! he bent over quickly to check his pulse. Dead. He walk forward some more.

*Click*

He turned around on a dime. It was Lilinette and Lemar.

"Hey Jac..."Lilinette started. He quickly shushed her. He gave her the signal to go to stealth speak. Stealth speak is when their speakers were turned off and there intercoms were turned on.

"What's going on sir?" Lilinette asked.

"Pvt. McFadden is dead inform the others." he informed them. He continued investigating while she informed the others.

*Clang*

Jacob and Lilinette spun around quickly and looked at Lemar. He was holding a large alien by the neck and it was fighting back hard. Lemar once he got a good hold on it he snapped its neck. Lemar looked up thats when Jacob noticed it. Lemar's arm was missing.

"Lemar!" Lilinette yelled. Jacob and Lilinette ran over to go help him. His arm was bleeding a lot.

"Vanessa where are you?" Jacob shouted into his mic.

"Why?" she replied.

"Lemar is hurt." he answered.

"I have you on my tracker. I'm on my way. How is he hurt?" she asked.

"Lemar's arm was amputated and is bleeding a significant amount." he replied.

"Okay, you need to cauterize the wound. Is there any heat source near you?" she instructed.

"No...I have an idea. I can wire one of my shock shells to my knife and heat it up." he answered.

"Do it!" she commanded. He pulled out one of his shock shells and popped the bullet out and cut it open. Once he did that he pulled out the battery and wired it to the knife. It heated up but, slowly. Lemar meanwhile was passing out.

"Stay awake!" Jacob shouted. "Stay conscious! Don't give up! Spartan that is an order."

The knife was hot enough now. He quickly applied the knife to the wound. The heat jolted Lemar back to consciousness. His face was twisted in agony.

"I'm here." Vanessa shouted.

6/28/2738 10:04

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SS. Lilinette Heartfilia

Not another one! she thought to herself. His wounds were bad but, Vanessa and Jacob were taking care of him. He was going to be alright. He was going to be okay. She told herself again and again.

6/28/2738 10:04

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SS. Lemar Knight

I'm going to be alright. He told himself. He grabbed Lilinette's hand tightly with his left hand. He was incredible pain. Vanessa was treating his wound but, the biofoam wasn't made for this kind of wound.

"We need an evac for Lemar now!" Jacob screamed into his mic. Lemar felt his body getting weaker. Lilinette started crying. Lemar's vision blurred to black. He woke back up a second later. He kept flashing in and out. He finally passed out.

Authors note: YAY another cliff hanger. Again any questions just ask.