Chapter 10: Knock, knock. Who's there? Pain
(Blood Gulch: Red Base)
Sarge and Grif were standing next to the Warthog, while Lopez was using a socket wrench to fix the broken vehicle. Simmons and Donut were keeping watch, as Sarge placed a hand on his helmet in annoyance.
"And then I thought, you know, we could sneak around the side while they were hiding behind the rock, but uh, well that's when the tank showed up and.. s**t just started blowin' up," Grif said, before sighing." I don't know."
"(sighs)Grif, do you have any godly idea how much this piece of equipment costs?" Sarge asked.
"I-I don't know, uh, like, uh, what.. ten, ten.. twenty, twenty-five Lien, maybe? Uh, you-you're gonna kill me now, aren't you?"
"Tell you what, Grif, I'm a fair man. I'll give you a ten second head start before I let Lopez do anything he wants to ya."
Lopez heard this, and slowly stood up to face Grif.
"Guys, I just want you to know, I'm really, really sorry here, and-"
Lopez slowly crouches to the ground and sets the wrench down, before picking up the gun that was right next to it.
"Five Mississippi." Sarge said, as Lopez readied the gun." Six Mississippi."
Grif sees this and starts to slowly back away." Okay, uh, I guess I better get going."
Lopez and Sarge look at each other for a few seconds, before they turn and start firing at Grif, who began to run away.
Grif:" Hey guys, that's not funny! Somebody could get hurt here."
(Beacon: Ozpin's Office)
The icon above the elevator turned on, as the doors opened to reveal Ironwood, who had just put his flask away. He looks up to see that the gears in Ozpin's office were spinning at a fast rate. Ironwood quickly looked over at Ozpin, who was shifting through call after call from many students, and news reporters. He soon pressed a button on his desk, silencing all the calls, as he sat back against his chair, looking tired.
"Ozpin." Ironwood said, getting the headmaster's attention.
"Oh, hello General." Ozpin said." I'm glad you could come on such short notice."
"Is there something going on?"
"Well...yes. You see...we've been getting many calls...mostly from students that are currently in Blood Gulch. Also, I have been recieving calls from the VNN, as they believe your soldiers are keeping the children hostage...against their will."
Ironwood continued to stare at Ozpin for a few seconds, before placing a hand to his face."...Oh dear god..."
"And I have just recieved word from Glynda, that they have called for Freelancer agent Texas. Isn't that interesting?"
As Ozpin said this, one of the gears increased in speed...to the point where it flew of its grind and went crashing through Ozpin's large office window.
"...Shall I arrange for an airship?" Ironwood asked.
"You shall." Ozpin said while smiling.
(Blood Gulch: Blue Base)
On the roof of the Blue Base, Tucker was standing next to Tex, who was firing his pistol at something.
"That's basically it, sir." Tucker said." They have five guys over there and a big jeep."
"And your flag." Tex said, while reloading his gun.
"Right, that too."
Tex pulled out another grenade, and threw it at his 'target'.
"Uh, hey, Tex? I don't know what it's like at your other Libraries, but we try not to use other soldiers as target practice."
Tex aimed his gun...at Caboose, who was standing in front of a wall filled with bullet holes.
"I'm scared..." Caboose said with a low whimper.
Tex looks over at the table right next to him, which contained various weapons.
"So, you've got the Special Forces black armor, I see." Tucker said." Were you in the Special Forces at some point?"
Tex remained silent as he continued to reload his gun.
"Yeah, I used to have black armor too. It was black because I got this stuff all over it from th-"
Tex puts his gun away, and runs off.
"Oh, okay, you gotta go? I'll see you later."
"...I don't think he likes you." Caboose whispered loudly.
"...Thanks."
Tex leaps off the roof, and lands on the ground. Tucker and Caboose quickly run to the edge of the base, where they see Tex walking away from the base.
"Where are you going?"
Tex looked back at Tucker." Red Base. Kill everybody. Get the flag back."
Caboose and Tucker look at each other for a few seconds, before turning to see Tex run off." Oh...Okay! We'll just stay here and guard the trans..porter..." Caboose said.
(Red Base)
Grif and Simmons were standing on the roof, keeping a lookout for any Blue soldiers.
"So, Sarge thought my strategy had merit, but was poorly executed, probably because SOMEBODY didn't believe in it." Grif said to Simmons.
"Bulls**t. He told me he thought you were a retarded monkey, and he's gonna suspend your weapon privileges."
Donut walks onto the roof, and towards the two soldiers, all while carrying the flag.
"Hey, since I captured the flag, d'ya think they'll give me my own color armor now?" Donut asked.
"What do you mean 'captured'? You thought you were buying it at the store, you idiot."
"Still, you think there's a shot?"
"Maybe they'll give you Grif's armor, since he destroyed the Warthog."
"Hyeah, heh-wait...You don't...You don't think they'd do that, do you?" Grif asked.
Lopez was using a socket wrench to fix the Warthog while Sarge watched from behind.
"Try connectin' that hose to that metal thingy there."
Lopez sets the wrench down and slowly stands up.
"I think that's what's makin' that rattle."
Lopez turns to face Sarge.
"I...think I'll let you do it."
Lopez returns to work...while an invisible Tex runs behind Sarge.
"What the...? What was that?"
"Simmons, what's going on?" Grif said, as he turned to see Simmons, who was looking over the edge of the base." What's over there?"
"I thought I saw something for a second." Simmons said.
Grif looks over at Donut." Hey rookie, tuck the flag some place safe until we can figure out what's goin' on."
"Good idea." Donut said, as he dropped the flag into the middle of the base." I was sick of carrying this thing anyway."
Grif runs over to Simmons, who was still looking over the edge, while an invisible Tex is standing in front of the base.
"Did you hear that?" Simmons asked Grif.
"Yeah."
"Hey!" Donut whispered." What's going on?"
Tex pulls out...Nora's Magnhild. He aims it at the Reds and fires a plasma grenade, which goes flying over Grif and Simmons, causing the orange Atlas soldier to quickly turn around.
"...What the f**k?" Grif said, as he slowly stepped away from Donut...where the plasma grenade landed on his helmet.
"What?" Donut asked, completely oblivious to what was on his helmet.
Catching his attention, Simmons turns to see this as well." What is that thing?"
"(concerned)What thing?"
"There's somethin' on your head." Grif said.
"What, is it a spider? Get it off!"
"No, it's not a spider, it's, like a...blue thing." Simmons pointed out.
"What, like a blue spider? Get it off!"
"It's not a spider!" Grif yelled." Calm down. It's some kinda.. fuzzy, pulsating thing."
"That doesn't sound much better than a spider."
"Does it hurt?" Simmons asked.
"No."
"Maybe we should try to take it off."
"Good idea." Grif said." Go for it."
"Me? By 'we' I meant 'you'. Asshole."
"Well somebody needs to get it off." Donut said." Look, it might be danger-"
Before Donut could finish...the grenade explodes.
"Son of a bitch!" Both Grif and Simmons yelled.
"Hmph...junk." Tex threw Magnhild over his shoulder, before leaping high into the air, over the two confused Atlas soldiers. He lands on his feet and charges at the two.
And that's another chapter! First off, Happy New Year! Second, sorry for being gone for so long, I had to enjoy my holiday break. But, now I am back. Anyway, lets move on to the chapter right now. First off, it seems that this certain situation has now evolved into a hostage crisis...so says the reporters. Some of you may not like the scene with Ironwood and Ozpin, but I added it to bring in some comedy with these two characters.
Now, regarding Tex. He has already shown himself to be a formidable soldier. Not only is he able to take out the entire Sidewinder team, successfully switch out weapons when done using them, but he can use, I repeat; USE Nora's Magnhild with ease. Tex had no trouble in using the weapon to its full potential. We will see more of Tex in action, since he will be important to the overall story.
Oh, and Grif isn't allowed to use weapons anymore...feel the need to point that out.
Anyways, comment and let me know what you all think. Until then...Keep moving forward!
