"Some are born with greatness. Others have it thrusted upon them." Teddy Roosevelt, Night at the museum
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"Hold on." I muttered. I looked through the binoculars at the commando's base. "Yea, I'd say about 400 men. Maybe more."
"Wonderful."
"You got a better idea?"
Luke sighed. "No? Then shut the hell up." I looked around the base. "There. A helicopter!"
Luke chuckled sarcastically. "Oh sure. You plan on flying us out of here?"
I turned and looked at him. "Nope. I've got a better plan."
Luke rolled his eyes. "Wonderful…" He muttered.
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We all ran up behind a building in the outskirts of the base. I looked out around the corner. People were running around, running for their posts, or off to report in or whatever. Kristy tapped my shoulder. "What's the plan?"
I turned to her and opened my mouth. Then I shut it and winked. "Follow my lead." and with that, I turned and walked out into the open. No one noticed, for a moment, then someone shouted at us. I calmly grabbed the nearest soldier and took his sidearm on his leg and put it to his head. Kristy took his rifle. "Whoa! Slow down my friend." A commander stepped out into sight. "What's your name?"
"My name is not important." I replied.
"Maybe… but I want to know."
"Yea, Right. And I want transportation for my friends and I. Back to official land."
He laughed. "You're a tough cookie my friend. But there is no "Official Land" any more. There is just… land. No one owns anything. And the government is so messed up, that I can hold you prisoner and no one would ever care…"
I smiled. "You have to catch us first." I raised the gun from the man's head and fired it at the commander. The bullet caught him in the neck. Kristy raised the rifle and open fired on a pair of soldiers who turned to us. "Get to the chopper!" I yelled, firing the pistol at another soldier.
Blazer and Lara grabbed Kate and Rebecca and they ran full throttle to the helicopter. Luke picked up a rifle from a dead trooper and joined the gun fight. I turned to a trooper who aimed at me. I pulled the trigger. CLICK. CLICK. "Oh Fuck." I dropped the pistol and dove from a rifle on the ground. I closed my eyes as a shot was fired. But I could still hear things. I opened my eyes up. Not dead yet…
I leaped up and Kristy waved at me. "You own me two times now!"
I smiled. "Remind me later." I fired at 3 soldiers who were taking covers inside a building. "Come on. We're outta here."
We ran for the helicopter. Dan put a gun to the pilot's head. 'Get this thing in the air. Now." The pilot complied and the helicopter rose into the air. "We ain't home free yet!" Luke yelled. I looked out of the side of the copter and saw another assault copter. "Hang on to something!" I yelled. A large caliber round hit the side of the helicopter, knocking it over just the slightest. The pilot straightened it out.
"Can't this thing go any faster?"
"NOT UNLESS YOU WANNA DIE!" The pilot screamed back. I pointed the assault rifle I had picked up at the enemy copter and fired off a few rounds, not making much difference. "Well either way, We're gonna die!" Another round hit the side of the copter, and then Kristy stumbled forward, to the side of the copter, and fell out. "NO!" I lunged forward, but Luke caught me. "No! Don't!" He yelled. I raised my fist and punched Luke in the face, and he dodged, just long enough for me to slide past him and I leaped out of the copter after Kristy.
I landed on the rocky sand beach near her. I scrambled to my feet and ran over to her. She sat up, holding her head. "Are you OK?" I asked, pulling her into my arms. "Yea. I'm fine… Just took a little bump to the head." I hugged her. "Uh… Uh… Matt…."
"Yea…?"
"We have to go. Now."
Then I heard it. The loud whirl of the assault copter coming our way. We both stood up and I took her hand and we ran for the nearest cover - A large rock cave. Bullets hit the ground on our heels. "Down!" I yelled, pulling her to me and ducking at the same time as bullets slammed into the rocks around us.
"What a rush." She commented with a chuckle. "Yea." I fell backwards out of pure tiredness. Then I sat up and listened. Kristy was breathing heavily. "Do you hear that?" I breathed. She nodded. "Yes." She breathed as well.
The helicopter rocked. Kate and Rebecca and Lara stood on the side of the copter looking out. "Do you see them yet?"
"No." Lara shook her head, as did Kate and Rebecca. Suddenly a flash caught their eyes. An Explosion of flames flew out of a rock cave. "Oh god…" Kate murmured. Blazer walked over. "Oh no…"
"Do you think they were in there?" Lara asked. Blazer nodded. "Why else would they be shooting rockets into a cave? For fun?"
Luke was sitting against the back of the helicopter, looking at the floor with a grim face. "I tried to stop him. I tried…" Susan rubbed his back. "It's not your fault. You tried. That's all anyone can expect of you…"
"Yea, can't expect much out you man. Cept to betray us. Or run out and try and get yourself killed." said Blazer.
Luke stood up and walked over to Blazer and looked him in the face. "I tried."
"Not good enough."
"Oh yea?"
"Yea."
"If you got a problem with me, then say so."
"Yea I do. I don't like a traitor!" Blazer said, pushing into Luke. Luke shoved him backwards slightly. "Stay outta my face."
"STOP IT!" Susan yelled, sounding annoyed. Blazer turned away and went to the cockpit. "Oh bloody hell." Lara muttered. "What is it?"
"That damn attack chopper is back."
As proof, the helicopter rocked. Everyone grabbed hold of something. "We can't keep this up." The pilot said quietly. Dan looked at him. "Then maybe you should get this guy off our behinds."
"Then maybe you should use the rocket launcher in the back!"
Dan looked at Blazer. Blazer looked to the back. There were a few crates…
He ran back and started opening them. Then he found it. A large rocket launcher. He picked it up out of the crate. It was heavy. Luke stood and stared. "Grab that rocket and help me load this thing." Luke did as he was asked. Then the copter rocked again and The rocket launcher fell out of Blazer's hands. Luke reached out and grabbed it barely. Blazer fell to the side of the copter and fell out, barely catching himself on the ledge of it, and he dangled over the edge of the copter.
Kate and Lara ran over and grabbed his arms. Luke turned with the rocket launcher and took aim at the other helicopter. "Hold it steady damn you!"
"I'm trying!"
He focused as best as he could. There. Luke said to himself. He fired the rocket and watched the attack copter explode in mid air behind them. Then everything was quiet except for the sound of the rotors on the helicopter.