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-Arthur's POV-
/7:00 AM/
Early morning in Diego Garcia, although I had already been awake for an hour. I was currently equipping my armor after I had spent the needed time maintaining it along with other weapons.
NEST had allowed me to stay at a small building, right behind the autobots hangar, because there wasn't any suitable space for me to keep my gear. G building had possibly been constructed to house the mechanics or soldiers assigned with anything related to the hangars, but with the autobots in there and the other facilities a bit too far for comfort, it hadn't been used for a long time. It was large enough for 10 people to live there.
Crates used up most of the space, leaving just enough room for Spartan and his routines.
"Good thing these mk XII are really easy to work on compared to the mk XI" were my thoughts while I finished adjusting my gauntlets.
Morshower had left a note alongside the intel I was supposed to read; He wanted me to take part in a combat drill at 7:30. Both transformers and humans were taking part in it.
"Finally, it's been ages since I fought my last war-game in the Infinity" I happily thought choosing my gear. I didn't know what they allowed soldiers to use in the drills, so I picked up an Assault rifle, a SMG, one M6K handgun and for my secondary heavy weapon I chose the new sniper rifle. I also chose my armor mods, thanks to the new upgrades in the armor's power reactor, the mk XII could hold up to three mods at the same time. When I was contented with my choices, I headed towards the drill scenario.
Right after I exited the building I noticed three familiar autobots: Arcee, Flare-up and Bumblebee.
"*Good morning!*" quoted the scout using a cheery voice.
That made me chuckle "Good morning Bumblebee"
Flare-up stared curiously at the weapons I carried.
"Got everything you need Spartan?" was Arcee's amused comment.
"Yes ma-… Arcee" I stopped myself, I knew she didn't like being called 'ma'am'.
A smirk appeared on her face after my near-mishap.
Ignoring it, we headed out to the firing range…
When we arrived, there was a huge crowd of both bots and people near the urban like scenario of the training facility. I brought up the clock /7:30/ on the dot… weird.
As I got close, I saw Major Lennox and Sergeant Epps approach.
"Hey 'bot-killer'!" waved Epps
"'Bot-killer'?" I repeated, not understanding.
"Sorry about that, it's just what the guys started calling you…" apologized a not so pleased major.
"Hey don't be like that." said the enthusiastic sergeant patting his friend's shoulder "But anyway, tell me about the guns you're carrying" he then said smiling as he pointed to the MA5E
"You can talk all you want later" interrupted the major "but now we've better get on with the training exercises before Ironhide decides to kick our afts."
"What? But its weapons we're talking about!" replied Epps
"Yeah well, if you're able to say that to his face I won't complain." Answered Lennox, grinning.
"Ugh…fine…" he dejectedly acknowledged heading back to the crowd "Ok ladies, shows over! Get back to your positions!" he started barking to the rest of the soldiers.
Lennox smiled at the scene just before he turned around to face me. "Right, Spartan you're going up against four squads on urban terrain, you'll need to change the ammo in your weapons with training ammo made by Wheeljack, it'll hurt like hell but it won't kill you. It also temporarily disables autobot systems on impact. One more thing: try NOT to wound them too much; it's already hard enough to recruit." He relayed "Any questions?"
"How long do I have?" I inquired
"60 minutes, after that we move on to another drill" was his answer.
"I can finish this in 5" I thought, grinning behind my visor.
"Where can I switch ammo?" I then asked, still grinning.
Time to show them how Spartans spent time in the Infinity.
- Arcee's POV-
It was one thing to see the Spartan video logs.
It was another to see him in real action, completely different.
It had only been five minutes since the live-fire drill had started and he had already taken out all four squads.
Everyone was completely awed at the Spartans skills.
"What is he? I've never seen a human move that fast!" voiced a shocked Epps.
"You're forgetting the fact he managed to surprise all four squads. He knows his way around the battlefield." Lennox added, drawing a huge smile on his face.
"Didn't even need to switch weapons." Ironhide pointed out, I knew he was impressed with Arthur.
"Best part is I was right." Then stated the grinning sergeant facing the giant black bot, "I told you he would mop the floor, tin-can"
Ironhide sighed while Lennox did everything he could to stop himself from laughing.
I barely managed to not giggle at the scene.
"Hope I didn't cause trouble" voiced the Spartan as he entered the observation post. I knew he was grinning under his helmet.
"Just for Ironhide." Chuckled the major
"I'm truly impressed" added Ratchet "Not only were you capable of defeating four of the humans élite squads effortlessly, but you also succeeded in doing so without causing any serious injury." relayed the medic "You seem experienced with these types of situations".
"Back on the Infinity, for training purposes; Spartans were allowed to use some of the facilities for war-games between us. We weren't allowed to kill and had to be wary not to injure ourselves in case there was an emergency." The Spartan explained.
"In other words: You fought each other when you got bored." Ironhide summarized.
"Pretty much" instantly retorted the warrior, chuckling. "What now?"
"Still have 50 minutes…" The major contemplated.
"I'm game." My sister Chromia butted in.
"I knew it" I voiced my thoughts as I sighed.
Everyone stared at Chromia. "What? We know what he can do on his own against humans. Why not find out how he handles himself against cybertronians?"
"Hmm… the femme does have a point." Ratched objectively commented.
"I'm in!" Flare-up revealed.
"Looks like I got no choice, but I'm also curious about how he would fight us…" I thought "Fine, I'm in too"
Lennox faced the Spartan "Is it ok with you?"
Arthur shrugged "Yeah, I'm up for it." he then turned toward Ironhide "Anything special I need to know?"
The weapons-specialist chuckled "No, just stay alive for the next 40 minutes."
"Alright, you three should get going to the other side of the scenario. I'll comm when we're ready to start." Lennox ordered. The three of us left the observation post.
Using our alt-forms, we quickly arrived at the designated entry point.
"Alright sisters, we're using the same plan as usual." Stated my sister, the usual plan meaning how we would act in the field: Chromia would go in heavy armed, Flare-up would take the sniping position to cover us and I would harass the suppressed target from other sides using my speed.
"Don't forget, if you get hit with the training bullets in exposed components they will be disabled for a few minutes." I cautiously advised my two siblings. "Also remember, he has a shield of some sort."
"This is going to be fun" giggled Flare-up.
"Don't underestimate him Flare; you've heard the rumors about what he's done." Chromia advised, grinning.
"Those aren't just rumors…" I corrected
[Whenever you're...] Lennox said via comm before being interrupted.
[Ready or not, here we come!] My sister enthusiastically replied, as she transformed. We then sped into the combat area.
I spent the first ten minutes going around the battlefield, no sign of the Spartan.
[Flare-up, see anything?] Chromia asked through the com.
[Not really, and I can practically scope the scene from the top of this building…] Flare replied.
[Slag! Me neither, what is he up to?] Chromia growled.
I drove through the urban like training ground, my processors focused on running scans of everything around me. It felt as if we were being watched.
"It's almost like he's studying us… watching our movements planning an ambush…wait"
[Be advised: he's probably been studying our movements, and will strike when ready.] I cautioned
[I was thinking the same thing… Flare, watch for anything suspicious.] Our older sister replied.
[Roger] she acknowledged.
I kept driving in my alt-form around; we were supposed to maintain our alt-forms for the most time possible during any mission, although I didn't activate my holo-form this time.
Time flew by until Flare-up's voice came through the com.
[Wait! I just saw movement… It's the Sp-]
At that moment, two high-caliber shots rang out with an unfamiliar sound.
[It's not wise for a sniper to stay put for that long.]I heard the Spartans emotionless voice transmit through the com.
"Scrap! He knows where Flare is and for how long she's been there!"
[That fragger! He hit my rifle and one of my optics!] Flare growled.
[Where was he?] Chromia inquired.
[2º floor, inside the three-floored structure. North-west from where I am!]
[I'm also on my way.] I stated, speeding to where she pointed.
We arrived almost at the same time.
Chromia transformed, unleashing a salvo with every weapon she had at the 2ºfloor of the structure Flare-up mentioned. "That should flush the fragger out."
"I don't think he stayed there after he shot Flare." I pointed out.
"He still couldn't have gone too far, lets search the area…" She said brandishing her weapons. I saw the grin on her face. "She's really enjoying this…"
I ran a few scans around us, just in case.
"Nothing… wait, those readings…Behind us?"
I quickly turned around; I barely managed to see the Spartan de-cloaking, aiming at us with what I now assumed was a sniper rifle.
"Chromia!" I screamed leaping out of the way.
She noticed what was wrong when she turned around. "Eat this you fragger!" she yelled unleashing all of her weapons at his position.
The Spartan ran with his incredible speed to take cover, returning fire as he went.
-Arthur's POV-
I've spent a lot of time since the drill started, observing. I ran across the battlefield watching how Arcee and her sisters moved, A new enemy always meant a new strategy. Well at least that's what I had thought. They had spent most of the time just cruising around the battlefield…
Flare-up on the other hand seemed to just stay on top of one of the buildings. From the shape of her weapon I presumed it was a sniper. The good part was: she didn't seem to have any intention to move from her spot.
"Time to ambush her" I thought grinning.
I found a perfect spot: a three floored building. I activated my hologram decoy at the second floor and aimed my sniper rifle at Flare-up.
She fell for it, aiming her weapon at my holo-me.
I chuckled at the results of my trap. Then fired two shots: one at her weapons, the other at one of her optics.
[It's not wise for a sniper to stay put for that long.] I broadcasted; maybe she would learn something in this exercise.
"Arcee and Chromia should arrive here soon." I thought as I activated my camouflage mod.
Sure enough, both of them arrived shortly after and began searching.
I came out from behind them disabling my camouflage by instinct, back on the Infinity we had to reveal ourselves before taking a shot.
But Arcee seemed to notice, she turned around.
"Chromia!" she screamed as she leaped out of the way.
Her sister turned around brandishing her wide assortment of weapons. "Eat this you fragger!"
"Shit!" I cursed and ran for cover right as she started unleashing her attack, I returned fire as I moved.
…
Time flew by and the fire-fight still went on.
It was sort of a cat and mouse game between me and the autobots. The thing was: I played the mouse and fought against three cats…
Why the mouse?
I've been running across the battlefield, from cover to cover, returning fire using controlled bursts from my MA5E assault rifle.
Chromia sprayed bullets EVERYWHERE around me with each barrage and Arcee made it really hard to counter attack when she tried to flank me every single time. I've taken the precaution of not moving in areas where Flare-up could snipe me from her earlier position. But no matter what, I was forced to stay on the defensive.
I took cover behind a wall for a few seconds, reloading my MA5E and letting my shields recharge.
"It's like having two Spartan teams constantly suppress me at the same time! Still, can't say I'm not having fun." I thought smirking
[Ma'am, are you ever going to run out of bullets?] I broadcasted in a public channel.
[It's Chromia. And you don't have to worry Spartan; I can keep this up for months.] She replied her voice seemed as if she was enjoying this. Right after she finished, bullets started flying near my position.
I moved away from the trigger happy bot, firing a few bursts at Arcee as she swiftly tried to surround me.
"Not going to work!" I yelled chuckling at the blue femme; I continued to run towards cover.
"Sooner or later it will!" was her amused reply.
I looked forward.
"Shit! It's the street! And Flare-up has a clear sight of this one…"
That had been their plan, make me come out in the open, then the three could attack at the same time.
I smiled "Not going to work!" I activated a holo-decoy and my camouflage mod, switching my MA5E with the Sniper, not stopping.
The distance between the buildings wasn't that big, I could sprint it in 3 seconds. But 3 seconds were enough to get shot at.
I ran behind my holo-decoy and sure enough, it was stuck with a huge beam.
I smiled "she still hasn't moved from that position" aiming my sniper and emptied half of the magazine on the young bot as I sprinted across the street. I only could make sure to hit the mark; I wasn't that good with the sniper to accurately hit the small components while I ran.
[Scrap! How did you…?!] She beamed, annoyed.
[I used a decoy. I already told you; don't stay at the same site too long.] I retorted just as I made it into the next building.
"Okay, time to fight back" I thought as I examined where I was.
"Arcee will probably enter to flush me out of the building, in here; I'll probably have the advantage if we fight." I thought. The bots would probably be here in a few seconds.
"Her movements are faster, but with the Booster frame mod I'll probably be able to cope…" I already could hear the sound of the femme's vehicle modes approaching.
"I can't use the assault rifle for CQC…" I thought as my hands hovered over the SMG and the M6K. I smiled as I remembered something.
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"Spartan A-2357, how many fucking times have I told you: YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DUAL-WIELD IN THE WARGAMES!" the Spartan IV commander Palmer, had endlessly told him.
/
"Sorry Commander, I'm going to break the rules again." I thought as I grabbed both the SMG and the M6K.
Two seconds later, Arcee raced into the building, transforming and firing with her blaster. I sidestepped and used the booster to get close to her, spraying bullets with the SMG and using the M6K to hit the unarmored components.
Even if she was hindered by fighting indoors, her movements were still faster than mine. I had to use the booster frame several times to get close to her before Chromia unleashed hell.
The battle continued for a few minutes until…
"Dead!"
"Dead!"
We both yelled at the same time, aiming at each other's head.
[Alright bots and people, time's up!] We heard the major's voice through the COM.
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