"What. Are. Those." Mako muttered.
3 long green tentacles covered with a bullet proof hide sprouted where the rocket exhaust should go.
"Maybe if we start the missile, the flames will kill it", theorized Assam. "Koume and I will prepare the rocket while you two get the fuel and warhead primed."
"I call the warhead !" yelled Erwin.
One of the tentacle s crashed down near Erwin.
"Yay!, they're hostile and attracted to sound!", Mako said sarcastically.
Mako threw a grenade to the other side of the pit below the missile.
The tentacle began packing at where the blast was.
"Now's our chance!", whispered Mako.
Erwin headed for the warhead, Mako the fuel supply, and Assam and Koume to the control center.
Erwin hopped over some pools of toxic waste. "where is it, where is it ooh! Explosives storage."
She typed in the passcode, the date of Yukari's birthday. God, we had some good times, she thought.
Mako took the elevator below, suddenly it stopped. OH SHIIIIII- Mako thought as the elevator plummeted like a rock. At the last second, she hopped on the maintenance ladder.
Mako climbed down gingerly. Not doing that again she thought. She jumped over a broken pipe.
And descended another ladder. Hundreds of headcrab zombies marched out, cut to ribbons by frag grenades. She flipped the switch, turning on the generator which started the fuel pumps.
"Damn management!" cursed Erwin. "Didn't even bring the warhead!".
Erwin fumbled with the explosives configuring them like Miho and Yukari showed her.
She wound up with a mean looking bomb. "Lefty loose, righty tighty", Erwin said as she installed the warhead.
The tentacle raised and nearly smashed Erwin as she made a mad dash to safety.
"Ahh you've arrived!" greeted Koume. Erwin panted from nearly Haven her head taken off.
Mako climbed up the maintenance ladder, her heavy suit and fear of heights slowing her down.
"Huff, huff", Mako panted.
Mao dodged swing after swing from the tentacles and climbed to the launch station.
Assam hit the the switch.
"T MINUS 3 SECONDS, T MINUS 2 SECONDS, T MINUS 1 SECOND."
The rocket launched in a glorious red flame, burning the tentacles alive.
"WHOO HOO!" they cried.
However, the marines arrived.