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Chapter 13: Mission 1 Continued
The Jungle remained unnaturally quiet as the group made their way through the thick underbrush and vegetation. "Why haven't we seen or heard anything besides that little guy back there?" Falco whispered, his pace slowing slightly as he looked up at the thick canopy of leaves above them.
"I don't know but I don't like it" Fox whispered, as he continued to look at every rock, tree and Bush they pass, looking for any signs of life or activity. "Whoa hold on" he whispered, holding his fist in the air signaling the two of them to stop as well. "is that a patrol?" he asked while quickly taking cover behind a tree.
"where?" Clint asked quietly, bringing his rifle to bare and down his scope scanning the tree line for movement.
Pointing to his right, Fox motions to a small outcropping of rocks, with some roots hanging down the edge. "Rocks, about a mile east" he whispered back, quietly he moved forward sticking to the thick brush, making sure to watch for any branches that could give them away. "Falco, take the right side and try to keep in step with me, Clint if it is not CDF survivors provide cover from a distance." Fox order in a hushed tone.
Nodding Clint, crouched and slowly walked forward kneeling behind a downed tree, leaning against the wood he rested against it, nestling the stock comfortably against his shoulder and looked down the scope. "three unknowns, no markings. Looks like they have standard jungle gear, the only odd piece is the helmet" Clint whispered into his com. "permission to take the middle one?" he asked, his finger hovering over the trigger of his rifle.
"negative, give us a second to get into position" came Fox's reply. Taking a breath Fox leaned against a moss covered boulder, his hands gripping the grips of his blaster tightly. Mentally preparing for their next move. "ready Falco?"
"in position…now" Falco whispers as he signaled Fox from some thick bushes, just below the group of unknowns.
"take the shot, when your ready. Me and Falco will take out the other two once you drop the one in the middle" Fox said quietly. The only noise over the coms was the soft sounds of Clints breathing as he slowly took his time.
Letting out a slow breath, he flexed his trigger finger nervously as the crosshairs of his removable scope, set center mass on his target. Holding his breath, he watched his sights slowly stop swaying, and squeezed the trigger. The crackle of Clints rail gun came to life as the magnetized round flew down the barrel. Quickly flying through the air the round whizzed through the underbrush and bushes in between him and the target, before sinking Into the unexpected targets chest. The round tearing through the apes armor and chest like a hot knife through butter, leaving a fist sized hole in its place.
Before they had time to realized what was happening both Fox and Falco sprang from there hiding places and let loose there own barrage of blaster fire, turning the remaining two apes I to Swiss cheese. "Clear!" Falco yelled out. All three of them slowly making their way to the now dead apes. Kneeling beside one of the bodies Fox began to search for any useful information or items. "Aha!" Fox Exclaimed hopefully. "pulling out a small map of the surrounding area, he noticed a route marked out. "looks like this was their patrol route, I don't think we have to worry about any more patrols for a while." He surmised.
"Well this will be a boring walk until we reach the outpost then" Falco pouted, walking past the crouched Lupine.
"you do know, we are to just scout the place right? Not liberate it?" Clint asked, quickly following the bird, leaving Fox behind shaking his head. After an hour of hiking the lights from the outpost come into view. The small yet fortified post, looked worse for the wear. Obvious signs of battle scarring the walls and building inside the compound. Looking around taking notice of the four observation towers Fox hummed before turning back to his companions.
"Alright here's the plan" Fox took a stick drawing a rough sketch of the bases outline perimeter. "this tower here" Fox whispered, as he drew a circle around a poorly drawn tower. "is the most damaged and looks like only has one man inside. We will sneak up to the top of that tower take out the guard and get a better view of things." He continued. "from there we will attempt to make it inside the main building if possible to get any Intel out of it and book it the hell out of here, got it?" Fox finished, looking up at the two men.
"Yea remind me to get Krystal to enroll you in some art classes, that sketch is horrible" Falco joked, earning a snort from Clint.
"Funny" Fox said annoyed. "I made and exception on your grounding for this mission. I just might have to reconsider." Fox smirked and slowly made his way down the rise they stood on. Followed closely by a chuckling Clint.
"oh come on it was a joke Foxy!" Falco whined, while taking the rear position of the small group. Once at the bottom of the perimeter fence they crouched and slowly walked around to the damaged door of the tower. With Fox in the lead they quietly walked up the ascending stairs. Until reaching the opening of the top of the stairs leading to the lookout, where two voices can be heard coming from the current occupants. "Good job Fox, there is two of them. Now what?" Falco gripped softly.
"Take out the closest first and attempt to surprise the second one." Fox shrugged and continued up the stairs.
"Gee what a plan" Falco complained, upon reaching the top the three poles their heads above the lip fo the edge of the floor. To their luck both guards seemed to be preoccupied with a card game instead of watching their surroundings. Nodding and not wanting to waste this perfect opportunity, they lunged. Fox Reaching his targeting first, he quickly wrapped his arms around the shocked guards head and with a quick jerk and with a loud crack snapped the guards neck, and slowly guiding his body to the floor, Clint on the other hand went for a more bloody approach and slit the second guards throat and was currently wiping off his knife.
"alright let get this over with before more of them show up." Falco said in annoyance. Just as he was about to walk onto the outer catwalk of the tower a third unexpected guard walked in on the scene. Wide eyed and just as surprised as the rest of them. "shit!" Falco yelled and quickly fired a bolt into the apes chest before he had time to react and hit the floor.
Not minutes after the shot the intercom came to life. "Hey what's going on up there!?" the voice asked. Quickly Clint ran to the intercom and pressed the button.
"nothing's wrong every thing is fine. We just had a slight weapons malfunction, but were fine now, everything is perfectly fine now, um how are you?" Clint said panicking.
"what? Who is this? What is your identification number?" The voice asked. Just as Clint shot the intercom destroying it.
"boring conversation anyways" He deadpanned. Looking at the other two and shrugged his shoulders.
"Smooth, real smooth, that's not suspicious at all!" Falco snapped, just as the sirens alerted the sleeping base of their presence. "great! Now what?"
"we go to plan b" Fox stated calmly, and upholstered his blaster, heading back down the stepes.
"what plan b?" Clint asked as they posted up against each side of the door exiting the tower.
"get what we can and get the hell out of here" Fox said while peaking his head out of the door, crouching and slipping out. "stick to the plan and head for the main building" Fox said just as a big spotlight illuminates the trio. "Shit! Take cover!" Fox shouted as he dove behind a nearby vehicle. Falco and Clint hiding behind a pile metal and concrete scraps. Blaster fire slamming into the each of their respective cover and ground. "Well time for plan c!" Fox yelled.
Floating just out of Fortuna's The Great Fox laid in silence, waiting for the call to jump Into action. Inside the Ship's hangar Miyu worked on fine tuning and adjusting her Arwing. In an attempt to easy her frazzled nerves. "something is wrong, it's been quiet for to long" Miyu blurted out in frustration. "They should have called and checked in by now!" she yelled, tossing the tool she was holding across the room.
Sitting off to the side was Krystal, her legs crossed and her staff lying across her lap and her eyes closed in deep meditation. Breathing in slowly she continued to focus on her meditation, witch is was becoming more and more difficult with Miyus ranting. Sighing loudly Krystal opened her eyes, quickly zoning in on the distraught Lynx Krystal smiled. "Calm your self Miyu" Krystal said in a soothing voice. "if they were in danger they would have sent an message for help" Krystal smiled and scooted over making room next to her and patted the deck. "come sit, join me in meditation, it will calm you" She said.
Sighing Miyu walked over to the vixen and flopped onto the floor, reluctantly crossing her legs attempting copy Krystal in meditation. Meanwhile on the bridge of the Great Fox Peppy sat nervously in his chair, his eyes never leaving the screen displaying Fox, Falco and Clints Vitals. "Lani, any changes? Or messages for help?" Peppy asked. In a flash of blue a small projection of the woman appeared next to him.
"no not yet. Just raised vitals but that is to be expected. They are still on radio silence as well so I wont be able to send or receive any updates until further notice." She replied calmly. Meanwhile down in the compound, all hell was breaking loose.
Blasting the lock off one of the outer doors the trio scurried inside, as blaster fire peppers the outside wall. Slamming and barricading it shut they took a moment to gather themselves. "so what now?" Clint panted, leaning forward resting his hands on his knees.
"keep moving inside, there has to be something we can use to give us and edge." Fox said while flipping on the floor, taking a breather himself.
"I'll go take a look around." Falco commented and started off in the opposite direction of the door they entered in. Making his way down the dimly lit hallways, he noticed all the blaster Mark's from what seemed to what was left of a fire fight. "they didn't go down easily, that's for sure" he commented on the CDF's tenacity. Poking his head into a door he immediately recoiled and gagged. All the body's from the bases previous occupants were piled inside. "damn savages" he cursed and continue walking until he was stopped in front of a door that read "Warning do not enter! Cryogenically frozen specimens! Do not wake with out expressed permission!" After reading over it a few more times he wiped off the fogged up window and looked inside. "Hey Fox! You might want to see this!" He yelled. Grabbing the handle Falco gave it as few test pulls, each failing to open the door.
"what ya find Falco?" Fox asked as him and Clint now stood in front of the door, before looking for themselves. "well ain't that interesting" Fox mused as he gave the door a tug. "looks like they tried to get in as well" he said while pointing out the loose wires under the keypad.
"I'll take it from here" Clint mumbled as he crouched down in front of the pad. "well let's get to it" he smirked and pulled a retractable cable from it. Taking the exposed wires he clamped the end of the wire from his com unit and tapped the side. "Lani you there?" he asked.
"I'm here Clint, what do you need?" she responded happily
"I have you wired to an electronically locked door, I need you to crack it so we can get inside. And please hurry. Bird brain disturbed the locals." Muffled yelling from the man in question could be heard in the back ground.
"I'll get right on that….give me about five minutes" she responded quickly. With a loud bang the door blocking the entrance was cleared and enemy forces charged in, flooding the building as they made their way down the many halls.
"Hurry up!" Clint yelled as an ape rounded the corner of the hall, catching a blaster bolt to the head from Falco. "they are right on top of us and we are sitting ducks! Lani!" he screamed.
"got it!" she yelled, and was confirmed by the door releasing with a hiss and opening slightly. Without hesitating the trio ducked inside the room and slammed the door shut, locking it behind them. "all of you make it?" Lani asked nervously.
"yea, we are fine. Just got to figure something to do now" Clint replied as he collapsed onto the ground exhausted.
"I'll get to work on the blue prints pepper gave us, might has another way out. I'll keep you updated." Lani commented.
"Rodger that Clint out" sighing he looked over at the others, Fox was leaning against the wall while Falco laid on the ground panting. "what now?" he asked
"We take a breather, then look and see what these guys were looking into. And then get the hell out some how " Fox panted out as he leaned his head back, hitting the wall with a soft thud.
AN: WELL HERE IS A NOTHER CHAPTER FOR YALL. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS FOR ME ON WHAT TO WORK ON OR CHANGE IN SCENES LIKE THESE LET ME KNOW, ILL BE REALLY GRATEFUL ^^. ALSO FOR GUEST WHO KEEPS ASKING ABOUT XENOS, CLINT MIGHT JUST BE A SPY FOR THEM DUN DUN DUN LOL. ANYWAYS IRON LORD OUT!