Chapter 10 : The Fallen

Author's Note

Killzone 3 and Gears of War 3 crossover .

Okay I will be putting a sad scene where Narville and Marcus visit Mercy to play a their respects of their fallen friend and brother Dom for his ultimate sacrifice .

A Tribute to Dominic Santiago in Gears of War 3 for Dom fans or any GOW fans out there .

R.I.P Dominic Santiago

Anvil Gate

Narville checked his pouches , reloading his pistol and his rifle before throwing a kit pack onto the dropship . " Okay if we want to get to the shipyard , find a ship and infiltrate Azura . We blow up the secret weapon and we get out of here , we going to need a lot of ammo for this trip . " said Narville explain his side plan as the marines were getting ready for battle

Jammer , Rico and Sev grabbing as much guns and ammo as they can before meeting Narville and a group of men gathered with numerous dropships and tanks .

" Narville that it ? what's the real plan . " demanded Rico as his nerves were getting impatient " Tell me we going to kick ass today . "

Narville sighed and said " Okay people , I am going to tell this once . " before he can explain the plan and voice cried out .

" Narville ! " yelled Anya and the other gears came rushing up to the captain . " You don't know what is out there and you don't what you are dealing with . " She and the others are in full body armour and lancers strapped to their back

" I know what I am dealing with , if you want to save professor Fenix , You can come with us , just you and your friends but we do things my way . Not that thing in there . " growled Narville pointing at the fort . " Fenix is not coming with us .

" We are not going to let that thing out . No way . " added Jammer " Your boyfriend nearly kill Rico and Sev and everyone . You are not serious ?"

But Cole step forward to back Anya up . " Marcus is family man , not cool to leave him . No way . " Narville lock his jaw at Cole .

" Yeah , Marcus is family too , he saved my ass alot but he there for us . " protested Baird trying not to be truthfully . But Narville can tell Baird was a poor liar . His men just stood there puzzled with confusion along with Sev , Jammer and Rico .

But Sam joined in to boast things up " Marcus need his father , his father need him . But you just afraid of Marcus because you think Marcus is going kick your ass infront of your bloody men. You don't look that tough captain " She mocked

A puff of red burst around Narville's face as he heard some of his men smirked and a great wave of ooohhhhh echoed around the group .

" You watch your mouth soldier . You are going to get court marshal for this . " he said seriously but he said something else

" You and your people and us are wearing the same uniform here . But everybody like you . " he snapped pointing to Baird who was complete pissed . " You better start acting like the member of the marines in the army and what we do here . We all fight at the same time on the same battlefield and we all wear the same uniform . We all got the same job to do . I expect all of you to do the same .How you like that ? Start acting like us ."

Anger filled the four gears as they were taken back by Narville's words and Narville was becoming an instant dislike to them. They all wanted to tear Narville apart with their incontrollable rage .

But Narville wasn't done his speech " We seen what your government had did . You think your government murdering a innocent people with the hammer of dawn and get away with it for 15 years . How many innocents had your government and your army killed ? How many more will have to die . "

A mixture of anger faces on the ISA marines along with Jammer , Rico and Sev who were shock about the truth of what the COG had done .

" I don't think so " a cold voice rain out Captain Narville the other marines turned to see Marcus Fenix standing there with his armour on and his lancer in his hands .

Narville's mouth dropped with shock with the question ranging his head " How ? "

"Do you think you going lock me up and leave me to die . My dad need me and he god dam out there . I am not going stand there and shit myself. " Marcus growled as his team aimed their lancer at the ISA marines . A small group of marines with their hands up came out of the fort along with Carmine , Bernie and Hoffman with their lancers behide them . Using the captured marines as human shields.

" What the hell is going on ? " demanded Narville . He couldn't believe what was really happening

Marcus turned his cold-eyes at Narville " My fucking father is out there , You just standing doing nothing . " he yelled

" Captain Narville . " said Sev " Sir , they are soldiers like us before there is someone out there who can helps us change this moment. Narville , these people want a second chance to make it right . They wouldn't live this long ."

" Narville Sev may have a point , we all are still fighting out there but Marcus's father can give us a second chance . Do it for us . " Anya plead " We are all family . "

Narville and his men just stood there with alter silence and he sighed in defeat and it makes sense that a soldier is like a family to his unit and no one get left behind . He can see them as a family unit. He signal his men to lower their guns .

" Fenix's been too hard on himself son . We all deserve to be a family . " said Hoffman as he and Berne lowered their guns letting the marines go . " Stop nagging at them son . Give Fenix another chance . He make it right . "

Narville sighed rubbing his hand on his forehead and finally he made a discussion about his mission

" Already but when this is over . We done here. New plan. I am going take five men and the rest held back to the fort . ISA cruisers will provide artillery support if any hostiles approaching this location . The rest of my men will hold up at the fort . You and your people are coming too . But on one condition , we going to do things my way . " said Narville bristly .

" Thank you Narville . " said Anya .

Narville hopped onto the dropship signing them to come on the ISA intruder dropship " Come on . " he said .

Marcus strapped his lancer in his back and turned to Narville " You lucky I didn't have a score to settle . Let finish this . This is for family and my father even Dom."

Before hopping on to the dropship along with Anya , Cole and Baird . " You may want to bucket up . " remained Rico . " It going to get bumpy. Watch your man . Anya ." before offering a soft simile before jumping on to the other dropship with Sam and Carmine last was Sev .

" So is grub killer your nick name . " asked Rico with his machine gun

" Un , not really and yeah , the locust killed my brothers . Guess I have nothing left but this ." said Carmine pointing to his left arm featuring two different COG helmets with the names Benjamin and Anthony .

" I got seven brothers and two sisters . " said Rico " Man that is real rough shit you got . Dam , that really hurts man . It fucking hurts . "

Carmine nodded with responds from his helmet. " The names Carmine or call me Clay . "

"The names Rico ." before the two big men shook hands . " When we find this queen bitch . We going make this motherfucker pay for this bullshit . "

" That the shit I want to see . " said Carmine who hide a smile under his helmet . He and Rico was thrilled to find that queen and kill her soon they going to find out .

Narville on the leading ship with a mini gun and had five soldiers and Jammer. " Okay troops move out . "

The thrusters heated the ground as dust scattered from the ground . The dropships hovered over the ground before taking off to the skies . Everyone held on the railing tight as they can to avoid being hurled by the wind. Both Marcus and Anya held their breath tight with Baird and Cole screaming like little girls

Air was blowing in their faces , " Holy Shit ! " screamed Baird holding on to the railing . " You guys are making a rollercoaster out this shit . " yelled Cole who was shaking on the railing . Rico and Sev laughed as their dropship came to their side " You guys are having a great time . " chucked Sev " We love this shit man , beautiful . You like it ."

" Really ! this one needs seatbelts . I can't stand this shit ! " screamed Sam as her hair blow back and forth in her face .

The three dropships flew across the skies pasting the tower like battle cruisers hovering over Anvil Gate .

Anya , Marcus , Baird and Cole stared blankness at the cruisers , star ships they had never seen and the fierce firepower of their missile battery . Squadrons of the same dropship buzzing side by side over and under the cruisers .

" That your ship ? " yelled Baird as they came close to the forward flagship . " Yeah , I got plenty of friends there . " smirked Sev " Plenty of top guys there . T.O.P guys " The two shared a laughed with the rest of their friends and new allies as the dropships flew towards an unknown destination.

Two miles to Mercy

They flew four hours though the puffy clouds , the weather was unbelievable as the heat wave draining the life out of them slowly . Marcus was grumbling uneasy as Anya was there to offer her calmness and her feelings on the dropship.

Captain Narville frown when he saw something burning in a distance as the smoke was growing bigger and bigger as their dropship strike team dropping attitude from the skies as the dropships come closer to the nearest town in range. . He saw the burnt ruins of a gas station along with a few buildings with a mess of dead mutilated bodies laying there . Both Locust and lambent forms everywhere . A few cars were already burned out along with a busted tanker and a truck .

The dropships came hovering over the town of Mercy before heading towards the gas station . " Land there ! " Narville commanded the pilots of their dropship to land next to the ruins of the gas station .

Narville could smell blood and death from his nostrils as he step onto the ground . " Okay Fenix , you got thirty minutes. make it useful . " he said to Marcus as they came face to face with each other then point to the fueling site where the explosion happen. The marines and the gears tour around the site for a few minutes before they approached a burnet out truck . There was no tombstone for the dead just the ground was black and had holes from the rising lambent stalks . The stench reeks of the burn dead grubs and fuel. with dust and debris everywhere

" I am really sorry for this . I own you an real apology on behalf of my men . Is there anything I can do to help ." he said calmly understanding the sorrow in Marcus and his team . Marcus remember his best friend and brother Dom drove a truck as ramming into the imulsion tank to save his team from the lambent and the locust .

" Thanks . There nothing to do . "

A cloud of sadness spread to the gears with tears in their eyes . Dom was family and Narville understand what it is like

" Hey man . That real hurt man . We dam sorry . This for you . " said Sev pasting Dom's dog tags to Marcus's hand. Next Marcus thank Sev for this . " I didn't know about your brother man . "

The other marines removed their helmets and place their helmets to their chest with their rifles standing on the ground . Jammer and Rico remained silent as Jammer murmur a pray also Sev lower his head and standing .

" Take your time . Try to say a few words ." suggested Narville softly before stepping back allowing Marcus to come closer to the burnt site .

Tears pouring from Marcus's eyes as he took a breath with Anya at his side . With Cole , Baird , Carmine and Sam watching with a mixture of emotional sorrow in their faces .

" I have my back on you Dom and you did the same thing ...You and Maria . I know you are in a better place with Maria ... I am sorry for everything ..." he was starting to cry falling in his knees . " You my brother ... I love you . I should tell you this before . We know each other when we are kids."

Narville watched the scene dramatic and he pulled something out of his backpack . A picture frame of a fleshed shaved man with a light bread on his chin and a beautiful looking woman holding on each other . The man was Dom and the other woman was Maria

Narville didn't know that this man and Marcus were so closer and a bond that is unbreakable. It makes sense to him , they were good brothers and they nearly fought to the end .

" It hurts man . I mean real bad ." said Rico to Carmine .

" It...Should've been me ." he choked out from his tears as Anya knee beside him holding his hand as tears pouring from her blue eyes . Narville closed his eyes and then Anya tried to emphasized her sorrow . " I shouldn't been in that truck ." Marcus cried hardly

" IT SHOULD"VE BEEN MEEEEE. " Marcus screamed in the air as the pain was completely devastating and heartbreaking . Sev could feel the greif and sorrow around him , he never seen a man had a serious bond with his brother and it was so much grieving .

" Dom, what you did here was the most emotional and tragic thing you did. Y-you sacrificed yourself to save me Marcus, Jace, Dizzy, and Sam. You will never be forgot Dom. I am going to miss you ." Anya cried wiping tears off her face.

" Sergeant Fenix . " Said Narville with the photo in his hands . " I seen you and Dom are really close . I found this at the wreckage on shore . I want you to have this . "

Narville shared his feelings about Dom's death . " A brother is important like Dom , I am so sorry for your loss . " said the captain sadly before giving the picture to Marcus as he wipe tears off his faces . Instead of carrying in his pouch , he placed the picture next to the drop on a pile of rocks .

" Dom ... I'll see you soon . Someday I be back . " he choked out a tear , Baird and Carmine lowered their head as Cole held on to Sam who was weeping softy . There was no body in a casket , at the makeshift funnel , no honor or speech so Narville decided to give a military tribute to the fallen gear .

" Marines ! Arms ! "

The five marines stomped forward with guns held high before raising their rifles in the air .

" Fire ! "

Boom

"Fire !"

Boom

A volley of shots fired in the air then the marines lowered their guns waiting for further orders . Jammer was the first to march next to Marcus and saluted the site along with Sev , Rico and Narville and his marines .

Sev , Rico , Jammer and Narville , the marines causally saluted to the site in a straight line as the gears watching them as they took part in honoring Dom's memory.

Rico picked up a large wood board piece from the ground and he used his knife to craved a name .

Dominic Santiago . He and Sev placed the wood piece be hide the picture frame to make it look like a tombstone . Now the burned fueling station has a tomb infront of them . The crying began slowly dying down as everyone just stared at the makeshift tombstone in front the destroyed fuel tank .

It a grave for a soldier named Dom and Marcus and Anya owned their lives to their friend , a soldier and a brother to them . But his death will not be in vain.

Anya simile at Sev and the others as the gears thank them for paying their respect to their friend and their brother . The ISA marines and the gears continued to pay for their respect to the dead and give their last words to Dom's grave as the ISA and the COG gears beginning to bond and forged an unbreakable alliance that will turn the tide of the new war .

ISA cruiser : New Sun

Colonel Jason Templar walked down to the main control room that services as a command centre for ISA military forces . The operation was more different than their campaign with the helghast instead they arrived at a completely dying planet with nothing with devastating destruction of human life .

Templar just came back from the medical bay after he and a few of his men was sick from vomiting from watching the recordings send by Narville himself . Templar was completely horrified by the most brutal war , he had never imaged in his career . Hours ago , an squad reported they found and secure a survivor that need badly medical attention . He send a team to extract the survivor to the cruiser . He later update the squad that the survivor was in stable condition.

The sensation atmosphere was making the other anxious crew members wondering if the same thing will happen on back home . Numerous reports flood the screens stating there are numerous cruisers carrying large exodus of survivors that were rescued across the planet and taking them back to Vekta .

He placed his hands on the computer screens as he continued to wonder if there anything they can do to prevent the war from happening on this planet . He threw up a few times .

" Sir ! We scrambled a transmission from unknown hostiles , they want to negotiate anyone in charge . " called out a youngest helmsman .

Templar locked him in the eye " Who ? State their location ? "

" Sir , they coming right at us . "

Templar grabbed the radio in his hand " Tell the fleet we got incoming " he yelled rushing to the bridge . " All defense ready , all personal to AA stations . Ready the counter measures ! Let give them a show people . "

Moments later a crewmen scrambled a transmission from his post . " Sir , they made contact with us . Listen to this sir ."

" This is CNV-Santos , don't open fire , we have civilians and gears here , we are raising up . But requesting medical attention . Who is this "

Templar said " Copy that Santos , we knowledge. I am Colonel Templar of the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance Navy . We will assist you . "

" Medical teams standing by , get the pilot to their intruders . We got wounded incoming ! " yelled Templar . " All ships set up defensive perimeter now . "

A large group of ISA ships spread out over the ocean as a swarm of ISA dropships buzzing around the open skies approaching two submarines raising from the water with a gear symbol on the platform with water gushing from all sides of the sub .

Templar and the others watched as numerous soldiers in black emerged from the subs along with a few white coats before climbing into the dropships waiting for them .

" Bring them in . " he said to the crew as they hurried to complete his orders . " Get them out of the water now . " he murmured to his breath

Templar headed down to the hanger along with a few officers in charges , medics and soldiers with stretchers rushing past him followed by a team of marines armed with assault rifles .

At the hanger , numerous soldiers everywhere dressed in black armor emerged from the dropships , others were carrying their wounded friends to the medics and civilians were given water and blankets by the ISA navy men .

There was numerous soldiers injured from a battle , the soldiers removed their helmets revealing the ISA , they were human .

" I want the wounded to be on that side and anyone standing go to the left ." he yelled as he directed medics to separated the wounded from the healthy . He later approached a soldier in black armor with the name Dury and a short man with glasses who was given a small treat of water . A knapsack was next to him.

"State your name sir ? " Templar asked

" The name Paul Dury , captain of the Onyx guard . What is left of us .Thanks to you , we still alive . We got out of the island alive . "

" Colonel Templar , nice to meet you Paul. "

Dury smiled shaking hands with the colonel " This is Nevil Estrom , weapon researcher . He will help you and your forces know what they are dealing with . " pointing to the young man who shook his hand .

" But I have the data research with me . I show the schematics of our weaponry and give you the full information about Azura , there is more to be done . It would be useful " said Nevil

Templar smiled " Your people had done us some good here , we appreciate the support your troops gave us . We make it useful. "

" I have 32 men under my wing and 57 people ; men, woman and children and 15 scientists . We are the lucky ones to get out of Azura alive along with General Bardry Salaman . The rest didn't make it . " Dury sighed sadly before taking a seat on a crate .

Templar nodded and asked " Tell me more about Azura . "