Author's Note: I'm very sorry for the wait, but I've had writers block real bad, plus the fact that I had finals to worry about. But now i'm done with school for the semester so I'm free from it for a while. Enjoy.
Chapter 12: Backup
All senses started to return to Hunter as his vision started to clear up, first thing he noticed was the cracked window in front of him. He had no idea what had happen, all he could remember was the Sky Rover crashing in a small forest before nothing. He wasn't sure if they all had been knocked out or stunned, but either way it wasn't good. Looking around he saw Colleen was awake also, rubbing her head some, but thankfully there seemed to be no injuries. "Colleen you ok?"
She opened her as and looked at her husband, "Yes, Huntie just a bit shaken."
The retriever unbuckled himself and got out of his seat, "We have to get out of here, no idea how long we've been out."
"Yes, I agree," She did the same and stood up. "Axel?"
"I'm good," the Akita called out from his seat.
The collie moved over to him and helped Axel out, "Come on we best get going."
"Yes, I know." The three Rovers began to make their way to the exit ramp, which wasn't damage and could still open. Once out they raced out into the trees for cover, they walked for a few minutes before stopping to rest some. "Are we a good distance?"
"I think so," Hunter responded, sitting down with his back pressed against a tree.
"What do we do?" Colleen asked. "I mean we have no idea where we are, plus couldn't they send someone after us?"
"I would assume so," Axel responded, checking all of his equipment to see if it was all good. "Either way we need to go and regain our bearings."
"Noted, and judging by the way we landed we should go that way," Hunter pointed
"Alright, let's go then," Colleen responded as they took out their weapons and marched down the direction pointed. They were in the clear for now but things would only get harder from here.
Sub Rover
It took a few minutes but the other Rovers managed to find a place to dock, they all climbed out and made the sub submerge so it couldn't be seen. They all then hustled into the forest before anything could see them. "Where do you think they are?" Krystal asked.
"Not sure," Blitz asked as he looked back at his wife. "Try the comms again." She nodded and tapped into the coin on her collar.
"Think bad men are out here?" Exile asked.
"Maybe but where?" Jenna responded.
"I got something!" Krystal shouted, catching everyone's attention. "Hunter what's your status?"
Everyone gathered around as their leader's voice spoke, "We're not really sure, we had to clear the Sky Rover in case anyone came to the crash site."
"Are you all ok?" Blitz then asked.
"We're fine."
"That's good comrades," Exile spoke as they were all relieved. "What is location?"
"Not sure, but we're headed west because we saw a structure before we crashed."
"Ok, we'll try to link up with you, just be careful," Blitz responded.
"Same with you, over and out." The line then went quiet as it ended.
"Alright let's go, they shouldn't be that far." They all continued to walk through the small forest, trying to follow behind their friends trail.
In the mean time Hunter sighed as he turned off the comm. Colleen and Axel were near so they heard. "So you already have a destination in mind then," Axel spoke.
He nodded, "yes, we best get moving before someone comes along."
"How long till the others can catch up?" Colleen asked.
"Don't know, but-"
"Hide!" Axel suddenly called out, hearing something as the three dove for cover. All of their ears flickered as they indeed heard something approaching. A few yards away a few figures could be seen, but to the three's shock they saw metallic. They saw robots walking past their location and headed for the other way.
"What are those doing here?" Colleen asked, eyes not leaving the robotic figures.
"There must be more here than we thought," Hunter responded, taking his eyes off of the robots. "We best be careful and sneak past them, we have no idea what they can do."
Little did they know that one of the robots stopped and looked in the three Rovers direction. It didn't see anything at all. Just then its eyes glowed red as it activates its thermal vision, three heat signatures clearly visible. Point its weapon it fired at them.
The three Rovers ducked once gunfire rained at them, "Move!" Hunter shouted as they all bolted down a direction. Soon more gunfire rained their way, mostly likely the others were alerted and they were being pursued.
"Over there!" Colleen called out to a formation of rocks, which would provide good cover to them. All three of them jumped over and pressed their backs against them. They took out their weapons and waited for a chance to fight back.
A little away from the area Blitz's team trekked the path and stopped once they heard gunfire. They all looked at one another, all silently speaking to one another before rushing forward. The more they moved the louder the sounds were. After a few yards of running they all stopped and crouched as they saw robots firing at something. "What are metal heads doing here?" Exile asked for all of them.
"I don't know, but what are they shooting at?" Krystal responded with a question of her own.
"It was then Blitz's collar rang, indicating his comm. touching it the Doberman responded, "Ja Hunter I'm here."
"Blitz where are you, we're pinned over here!" Silence then came as gunfire could be heard. "Some kind of robots spotted us!"
"Ja, we see them, but can't see you."
"Hit them from behind, we can take them out easily!"
"Ja, we're on it!" The transmission then ended as Blitz turned to the others. "Come on, fire when ready!" They all had their weapons ready and with a nod they stood up and opened fired at the robots. Their blast hit some of them, which destroyed them at first contact. There were about seven of them, and all the Rovers had then trapped on both sides. It didn't take long till they were disposed of, making sure that the area was clear they all regrouped.
"Man it was a good thing you all got here in time," Hunter spoke as both teams met.
"Ja, same here," Blitz responded.
"Where did dome heads come from?" Exile asked, looking over the remains of their fallen enemies.
"Someone on this island must be making them," Axel offered an answer.
"Well whoever it is, we better find and stop them before anymore are made," Hunter then interjected.
"I agree Huntie," Colleen responded. "Lead the way."
"Uh…guys?" Axel called out, catching everyone's attention. They all then ducked as more gunfire blasted at them, indicating that more of the robots had arrived. Seeing that they weren't behind cover they all scrambled to find some, dividing themselves some.
"Where are they coming from!?" Krystal shouted Blitz, Axel, and Krystal near her.
"Shoot now, asked later!" Hunter called out as he fired back at their enemies.
They all did so but couldn't tell where they were at. Exile took the chance to peek over his cover of rocks and saw a huge bunch of them. "There way too many comrades!" He called out to the others.
"Just hold out!" Hunter responded. More gunfire seemed to be heard as an indication that more robots joined the fray. Even in their struggled the Rovers managed to take out some, but only for another to replace it.
"It's useless," Krystal panted.
"Don't give up," Axel responded, as he fired more.
It seemed useless as the Rovers were pinned and there seemed to be no hope at all. Just then something kind of missile crashed into the ground around the robots. A rapid succession of beeps sounded before an EMP wave erupted from the missile cause sparks to spew from the robots before they exploded into piles of junk metal.
All of the Rovers ears twitched as they heard this, then nothing but silence. All questioned as to what had just happened, but Hunter was the first to look up and to his surprised he saw all of the bots were down. "What the…" he spoke, shocked.
"How did…" Colleen then spoke, stunned.
It was then they heard the sound of jet engines above, all turned to see a familiar sight. The Turbokat hovered above them, all stunned to see that here. It was then all of their comm. rang, questioning it they all answered them. "Nice little surprise?" a familiar voice rang out.
"Chance?" Hunter asked.
"It's T-Bone when I'm in the field," the burly tom responded over the comm.
"And its Razor for me," the ginger tom responded also.
"But how…I thought we-"Hunter was interrupted by T-Bone.
"We heard your transmission from earlier, and decided to come out to help despite our injuries. Keep on moving, we'll cover you."
Before anyone of them could protest the transmission ended as the jet lifted off. Hunter then looked at the rest of his team, "I guess we'll take it," Hunter spoke.
"Yeah, I guess so too" Exile responded. With renew vigor all of the Rovers continued on, now with air support they had a much better chance of completing their mission.
A/N: Hope you like, once again sorry for the wait. This story isn't turning out what I wanted it to be, but I'm keeping at it until I finish. Please stay with me and I thank you all for it.
