I do not own anything from this story. Only Siren and Griff are mine. Unfortunately.

Chapter Ten

Boom

"No!" Everyone but Duke yelled. Duke cried "Holy Shit!" As everyone but Sarge and Pinky gathered around the young man. Reaper tried to stop the bleeding but it didn't work.

Pinky didn't know what to think.

"Mutinous insurrection is punishable…by death." Sarge announced.

"It was his first mission!" Reaper cried in rage.

"And it's not gonna be my last. I need soldiers. I don't need anybody else but soldiers!"

Griff grabbed Samantha and pulled her behind him as his sister glared at the man before them all.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Siren demanded. "First me, now the Kid? What is this? 'Shoot your team day'? Jesus, you're turning into a damn lunatic! I-"

"You shot my sister?" Griff voice was cold and harsh as his narrowed eyes glared at Sarge. Siren glared at her brother, but backed away from him as he charged at Sarge. Duke grabbed him and held him back but his voice and face was enraged. "I'm going to-" He then began to curse in some other language that no one but his sister could understand. It was a language what they had made up as children and only they knew what each other was saying. And what he planned on doing to Sarge made Siren gasp and giggle.

Siren's arm was then grabbed and she was pulled behind Reaper as he decided to have a staring contest with Sarge. Until-

"Drop the weapons." Pinky ordered, pointing the handgun that Mac had given him at the two of them. "I mean it. I have no intention of being killed by a mad man. Drop the weapons." Sarge opened his mouth to say something but his face changed to surprise as he stared past Pinky. The gun lowered. "Ah, there's something behind me, isn't there?"

The creature grabbed him by his face and the Marines' guns went off. As the monster swung the wheelchair around and Reaper got hit with it and flew into a wall before the creature dragged the screaming Pinky around the corner.

"John!" Siren instantly went to him. "Are you all right?"

He nodded and stood to follow after Sarge. Siren wanted to but she didn't have enough time at the moment to worry about Reaper. Griff and Duke were taking care of Samantha, taking her through another nanowall. Siren, Reaper, and Sarge were now firing at a horde of crazy attackers coming at them.

"Withdraw!" Sarge ordered. "Withdraw behind the nanowall." They began to back up.

"Move!" Duke ordered as he and Griff tried to give them some cover.

"I can't see! I can't see!" Reaper shouted as he backed up, refusing to take his eyes off the ones trying to attack them.

Everyone was now behind the nanowall and Sarge closed the wall, but it wasn't working. Things could still pass through.

"Fuck! The wall's not closing!" Reaper yelled as they all continued to fire.

Griff heard Samantha start to scream and he whipped around in time to see Duke get dragged through the floor grate. Everyone turned to see and that's when Sarge was grabbed and his feet were yanked out from underneath him. He grabbed the side of the wall and looked up at Reaper.

"I'm not supposed to die." He was dragged out of the room.

Reaper continued to shoot as Siren reloaded and Griff tried to calm Sam down. That was when the nanowall decided to work and one of his bullets rebounded into his abdomen. He turned and grabbed his sister's hand and the other set of twins followed him down the hall.

"How long before they get through?" Sam asked as the three Marines piled stuff in front of the door.

Reaper turned around and Siren looked him over. He looked horrible. "Not long."

"You've been hit." Sam said. Siren watched the blood as it poured down. "Oh, John."

Siren immediately helped Reaper sit against the wall and put her hand across the wound. Griff handed her a towel and she replaced her hand with that. Sam began to go through some small, black case that she hand brought with her.

"Listen to me. All three of you." Siren bit her lip. Reaper was so cold. Shivering. "When those things come through, use this ST grenade." He held it out to his sister but she ignored it as she got ready to inject him with a needle.

"What's that?" He looked at the needle in her hand.

"It's C-24. It's from Carmack's lab."

"No," He jerked his arm away.

"It could save you."

"No way."

"C'mon Reaper," Griff looked at his friend, trying to lighten the situation. "Be a man."

"Forget it."

"You're bleeding, John. You're going to die." Siren told him. "How stupid are you going to feel if it works and saves you, huh?"

"No way," Reaper repeated, slowly shaking his head and breathing hard. "I've done some bad things."

Siren would have slapped him in the back of his head if he wasn't dying. "And what, I haven't? I've done exactly what you have, haven't I? And look at me! I had it injected into me through a bite, right? I'm fine and you will be too." She grabbed his hand and squeezed it. "Just think about it, this time next week we'll be on that vacation your promised me, remember?"

Reaper still looked doubtful so Sam added- "I know you."

Reaper shook his head. "You don't know me. You don't know."

"But I do, John." Siren told him. "I do, and I know you'll be fine." She grabbed the needle and injected the C-24 into his arm. "You'll be fine." They all watched as he fell to the side and Griff caught him before setting him down safely.

"Come on, we have to make it to the elevator." Griff said.

"What?" Siren looked at him in surprise. "We can't just leave him here!"

"We have to get out of here, Lyra!" Samantha told her. "Besides, John will be right behind us."

"I can't just leave him here!" She cried.

Her brother grabbed her arm and began to drag her from the room. "You have to 'cause I'm not leaving you here."

Sam followed them and Siren glanced back at the door. You'd better hurry, John.

"Just how far is this damn elevator?" Siren groaned.

"Not that much farther." Sam answered her.

"Stop whining." Griff ordered.

"Well, I really can't when we're constantly being attacked by…whatever the hell these things are and I only have half a clip of ammo left." Growling sounded and Siren fired at the pack of creatures coming at them. She then threw her gun at the last one standing, knocking its head off. "Now, nothing."

"Same here," Griff admitted, dropping his own gun.

Siren crouched down and held her head in her hands. "What do we do?"

"We get the hell out of here, that's what!" Samantha sounded relieved as she ran around the corner. Siren jumped up as Griff yelled, telling her to stop. They turned the corner. Sam was facing them, three feet away from the elevator with a large smile. "See, I told you not that much farther. The countdown's almost over. Let's get ready to leave."

Siren sighed in relief but then glanced over her shoulder before back at the two others. "I have to go back. I have to grab John."

Griff shook his head. "No."

"Why?"

"Because I'm not letting my sister go back to get anyone without a gun. Neither of us has one so I'm not letting you. The elevators right here, so let's get on wait for it to work, and let's get out of here. If John shows up before then, we're good. If not," He saw his sister look at the floor. He sighed. "If not, we'll get help and come back for him, okay?"

Siren looked up at her brother. "Seriously?"

"Yeah. When we find John ok, I don't want him to whine at me for not coming back for him. I'd never hear the end of it."

"You'll not have to worry about that for much longer." A voice from behind them stated.

Everyone turned from the elevator and saw Sarge with that BFG still in his hands.

"Sarge!" The two Marines cried, pushing Sam behind them.

"I see you have the elevator waiting for me. Good job men." Siren and her brother watched as Sarge's eyes began to grow large red lines. "Lady. Let's go."

Griff shook his head. "Sorry Sarge; Can't do that."

Sarge narrowed his eyes. "Why not? Let's get out onto the surface and-

"Fuck you, Sarge!" Griff yelled as he reached for his knife and pushed Sam out of the way. "You shot my sister! If you want to get to the surface, you'll have to kill me because I'm not letting you walk out of here alive."

Sarge glanced at the two Marines and then shrugged. "So be it."

BOOM!

Siren only had a few moments to think. She pushed Griff out of the way of the BFG blast.

"NO! SIREN!" Griff screamed.

Siren gave him a quick smiled before turning to look back at the blue blast as it came closer to her.