This is the Way the World Ends. Chapter 14: Over the Bush and Through the Woods… Crap Itex.
Disclaimer: I own the plot of my fanfic not Maximum Ride.
Max's Pov:
The soldier led us to a far end of the base. We stopped at a door just about my height, it seemed small I wonder if that Cole guy can even fit through it. "The triple A gun is about 500 meters south west, so just go strait and stay hidden in the canopy." The soldier instructed.
I looked around at my flock they didn't even look the same as they used too. Each one seemed older, stronger, scarier and more mature. Looking between them all in their armor sporting a gun, something I never thought I'd see us use, looked almost right, but then you get to Angel, my baby Angel, someone who only months ago was a little girl now a soldier; it made me sad. "Max," Tigris said "the commander wants me to stay behind and deal with the wounded, but I'll fly to you when the guns out." I nodded.
"Everyone ready," the soldier said pulling me out of my thoughts, everyone nodded. "Ok the Op is ago." He pushed the door open and I was the first one out, Fang behind me. I did a 360 checking every angle making sure we were alone.
"Ok, guys stay in tight formation, and move silently." We moved into the forest and moved as swiftly as we can constantly scanning with our guns. Fang was monitoring the forest with his dark vision, and Angel with her telepathy. Now for those of you who don't know I have a deep, deep fear of spiders and guess what happens. We were plodding through the forest when right in front of my face a spider the size of a melon repels down from the trees; I jumped back and fear landing in mud, I used all my will power not to yell out. "Guys there's a spider, kill it, please." I said trying to remain calm. I think Fang lost his mind over the last six months. He walked to the spider, which out reached his legs and got into a fighting position; he stopped a few feet away.
"Angel, can you tell this thing to calm down and get out of here before Max blows are cover." He said.
She focused and the spider climbed up its web back in to the forests canopy. I was still in shock, but I pulled myself and wiped the mud off, Fang walked to me.
"You still afraid of spiders," he said taunting me.
"There just so, so scary."
"Whatever Max, I think your just a big scaredy cat," he said laughing. That earned him a punch making every one laugh. "Ok guys lets move the gun is about 100 meters that way," I said getting back to being serious. Everyone followed, I made sure Fang was close to me incase another spider fell from the canopy. Shut those of you who think I'm scared; spiders are really creepy.
Gazzy walked up next to me, "Hey, Max" he said hesitantly.
"What up Gaz?" I asked.
"Max…."
"Spit it Gaz man."
"There is this person, that I think is really nice"- a helicopter was shot down landing about 100 meters from us with a wreaking explosion. "O MY GOD," I heard Nudge whisper.
"Gaz, can this wait," I said.
He sighed but agreed. After another minute or so we reached a clearing that over looked the gun, the gun it self was in crescent, man-made clearing, with a river separating the two sides, the gun was on the other side. We stood on a hill that surrounded this side of the crescent. There was a bridge on the far end of the crescent, and there were a lot of Erasers in-between the bridge and us.
"Ok guys, which one of you can give us cover that isn't under the age of 17."
"Come on really, Max." Gazzie complained. I glared at him. "I can do it Max," Iggy spoke up.
"No offense Iggy, but your blind." I broke it to him.
He looked at me, well actually just put his eyes on me even though he couldn't see me, "Max, I can feel every movement those guys make, I can hit a headshot without even looking down the scope, please Max let me do this."
He was right, he truly could shoot better then any of us due to his sensory powers, he probably could predict were his target will be and kill it accordingly. "Ok Iggy, but if you come anywhere near hitting one of us, so help me I'll put Dylan up here. He smiled and took his carbine rifle and mounted it on a rock. "Dylan, take Nudge, Gazzie, and Angel down to the right and wait behind that brush while Fang and I kill as many as the Erasers with out being noticed; No one fire until the Erasers return fire on us, got it." Everyone nodded and remained silence.
I waited till Dylan got into the brush, then me and Fang slid down the hill and moved silently behind a cargo crate. There were two guards standing on the opposite side of the crate. We exchanged looks and I put my arms in to an X, which usually means to knock out, but today will mean to kill. We crept silently across our ends of the crate. I looked over behind the to Erasers and so Fang looking out me. I pulled out the knife I took and nodded to Fang. I moved fast putting one hand over the Erasers mouth while driving the knife into his next; we pulled the Erasers and put them behind the crate.
No one noticed us kill them. There was a group of Erasers coming out of the building at the end of the bridge. I checked my rifle, "Ok Fang ready."
"I'm always ready." I looked at Iggy and he gave my a thumbs up. Ok it looks like it's time to do this. I crouched down and poked out of cover and lined my red-dot site on one of the Erasers heads. I pulled the trigger killing him in one shot; the rest of the Flock shot the others dead. I broke from cover and ran to the bridge terminal, everyone except Iggy following me. I turned around the wall into the terminal, but on the far side a thick glass door was closing. God dang it we didn't make it. On the other side of the door was a Eraser, but he was big, bigger then the normal ones, and he wore thick armor that was maroon with swirls of gold, he also had a double bladed staff that stood taller then him and if that's not enough he has a SAW machine gun slung on his back.
"What do we do now Max," Dylan asked.
I looked down the bridge, along with the Commander Eraser; there were a number of regular Erasers and what looked like a new mutant. There were two of them, they looked like Human-Avian species, but instead of being more human they were more avian, they looked like a small ostrich, each holding a sniper.
"Nudge, open this door," I ordered
"Ok, I got it." She said going to the monitor and starting to hit buttons at lighting speed.
"Iggy," I put my hand on the little button on my comm, "Get down here."
"Already here," he said coming into the room.
My comm buzzed to life and the Commanders voice came over, "Max, what's the status of that gun, our aircrafts are getting shot to shit."
"We're working on it." I said annoyed.
"Get it done Max" she said with authority. I was about to tell her not to boss me around, but the door started to lift. "Got it," Nudge said excitedly.
"As soon as that door is up everyone get to cover and pushed forward."
The door got high enough to get under and we went onto the bridge and hit cover. Fang and I got into cover together. Nudge was across from me with Iggy and Gazzy in front of them and Dylan in cover in between Iggy's cover and ours. Angel was staying back like I told her so she'd be safe, was using her mind powers to control the Erasers, but I could tell she was having a hard time keeping up. We kept dropping Erasers and what I am going to call beeks. Get it like the m-geeks but with a –b. Kill after kill and they were still coming. Fang put his hand on his comms and began to yell to in the comm, "Fang to overlord."
"This is overlord, what can I do for you Chaos squad." A males voice said over the comm.
"What are the odds I can get a hard air drop with my bow in it."
"Coming right up."
"And can you get as close as possible."
At first I didn't no what he called in, but about thirty seconds latter an explosion behind me made me think we were being attacked form behind, but instead of Erasers there was a 4 meter high capsule that had no upper front section and sitting in the opening was a large jet black cross bow, it wasn't a normal bow though instead of the bows arms being horizontal with the cocking section it was vertical, and instead of putting the arrows onto the bow they go into a barrel. Fang retrieved the bow and quiver of arrows. he slid one into the barrel and pulled the trigger. The arms started to bend back as the string was tightened. Just as the arms reached there pinnacle he stood out of cover and fired the arrow. It landed in the jaw of an Eraser. At first it seemed stupid, but then there was an explosion killing the three more Erasers.
I stared at him with a questioning look. He smirked and said, "It's cool, huh."
"I have to admit that's pretty cool"
He re-loaded and fired again killing 5 more Erasers. With the Fangs new gun we made it two the end of the bridge and into the other terminal. We turned right and started to head towards the gun. I saw the Commander Eraser on the front lines just standing in the open. Every few kills I'd turn my gun and shot him, but he had a shield generator and all the shots did nothing.
I tried a light slam, but all it did was made him stumble back. The Erasers started to drop and all that was left was the commander. He fired off his last round and stood out of cover. I thought he was going to give up, bit of course not its never that easy instead he ran at us with his blade swinging. I was getting out of cover to fight him, but Fang and Dylan were already moving towards with their blades drawn. Fang got there first and blocked the first slice, but then the Eraser continued with the slice and the back blade came inches from Fangs neck. Dylan tried to stab the Eraser, but the Eraser was faster.
"Guys lets get to that gun and take it down."
I ran along the side of the river getting to the guns terminal. Nudge immediately started on keypad opening the door. She went through first, someone came from the shadows slashing a knife at her Iggy pulled her back and grabbed the knife hand and pulled his arm back loading up for a heavy punch. His fist knocked into the Erasers chest killing him instantly. I made sure the rest of the flock got inside and started my way. I saw Fang and Dylan circling the Commander as it howled. I turned into the building taking one last glance at Fang.
In the building were a lot of boxes of ammo and one monitor. Nudge was immediately on it. Well Gazzy and Iggy started placing explosives through out the room.
Fangs Pov:
The Commander was keeping alive even with Dylan's help we only made small cuts that I doubt this guy felt. I knew what I had to do. "Dylan get back I have a plan."
He reluctantly stepped back. I let the gates that held back my Darkness open; at first I felt like I was going to lose control, but I focused my energy into my arm. Through the blurriness of the black I slammed a ball of dark energy and hit the Eraser Square in the chest he died instantly.
Dylan was dumbfounded, "Can you teach me how to do that." He said.
"You'd end up killing everyone around your." I said going towards the door.
As soon as I got to the door the flock came running out, Iggy yelling, "Hit the deck."
Shit, I made sure Max was out then ran with her we all got to cover as the gun went up. The explosion filling the place. Max looked pissed. "Iggy what the hell was that." She yelled
"Sorry Max, I think I crossed a wire I don't know."
"Actually Max," Nudge said stepping forward with her head low, "It was me, I tripped a self destruct system."
"That doesn't make sense, how could Gazzy have know it was going to blow."
"Maybe it's a new power," Gaz said excitedly, " I felt the explosion coming," he paused looking at me, "Fang did you just pull the pin on a grenade?"
I threw the grenade I just activated and through in the river before blew. "I think that proves his new powers," I said.
Max ran her hand through her hair, "God I'm leading an army of killing machines."
"But were your killing machines," Angel said. We all let out a short laugh. My comm buzzed to life, "Good job on the gun chaos squad, we are begin evacuations and a counter attack. As off now though we can't get you ride, start flying to the den in Brittan, we will contact you once we can get you ride."
Max looked like she was going to blow a gasket, but she stayed calm and agreed. "Ok guys you heard, we can leave the guns, but keep the armor, its light enough to fly with." All the guns hit the floor except my bow. "Max." We all turned to see Tigris land. Gaz seemed to get nervous, hmmm looks like someone has a crush, "I brought food, she said opening a pack full of energy bars. We all dug in well not me I only took one, over the past six months I learned to live with out any food for up to weeks at a time.
"Theres a lot of air fighting, but if we move Northwest we should be fine."
Gazzys pov:
We took to the air and headed northwest I flew close to Tigris; we flew in silence none having anything to say. There was a screeching whine as a drone fighter dove out of the clouds and began to fire. "Evasive maneuvers." Max yelled. I ignored opening my wings and turning sharp and directing my self towards the drone. I let the fire flow through my arm and light up palm. In seconds I was over the drone and I fired downwards toasting the drone in a wall of flame. We all came back to position. "Good job," everyone congragalated me.