Chapter 36
Colin
He was lined up with the rest of the squad when suddenly a couple of mid-sized Tyrannids jumped out of the walls and attacked the group from the sides. He was hit with 8 feet of sharp angry gene-stealer as laser rounds went off all around them. He was immediately submerged as the Gene-stealer tried its best to claw its way into his armor, it lunged in to bite his head off and he grabbed it by the neck, emptying a few laser rounds into its face before throwing the creature into the ceiling. Where it became part of the scenery, he got out of the water and looked around, only dead Tyrannids, no casualties. "They're smart I'll give them that, be on the lookout for anything like that again." Joe said kicking the body of the dead Tyrranid out of his way. Colin looked back and team RWBy was still intact, they pressed on until they hit a junction. The Mech went first, silence. He motioned for the rest of the squad to move up when a 15 foot tall tank eating monster landed on top of the Mech. The group opened fire as the thing got a face full of laser fire, and completely ignored it.
The Mech being unable to get up unloaded the contents of the Gatling cannon into the things chest while the group backed, still firing. The Mech managed to get on its feet as the thing was slashing, biting, kicking and generally trying its best to destroy the thing. The Mech picked the creature up by its neck and shoved the chain sword into its chest, gunning the engine. The thing still didn't want to die and continued fighting even after it was sawed in half. The Mech took the liberty of mashing what was left of the thing into a wall and shooting the shit out of it again, it was finally dead. "Whelp that was fun." The Mech operator said breathing heavily. "Sounds like it, want me to take point?" Colin asked, "If you could, I need to do a systems check." He said as the Mech squatted down and a systems check started. Colin walked over and gave the Mech a brief look over, the left arm with the cannon was toast, but the cannon was fine. "Your left arm is toast, can you detach it and the cannon, I'm gonna use it." Colin asked the operator, who disconnected the arm and cannon.
Colin picked up the very large cannon, giving it a test spin. He grabbed the power supply and hooked it to his back, taking point with 2 others to move on. The rest were going to stay with the Mech and cover him as he switched the arm out for a laser lance. Colin moved forward sloshing through the knee deep water heart pounding. The sensors showed nothing but he didn't put too much faith in them. They rounded a corner and lost sight of their group, about 50 feet later is when they were attacked. A huge mob of all kinds of Tyrranid started flooding down the tunnel, about 100 feet away. Colin and the other two opened fire, lighting the tunnel up with bright blue laser fire. The Tyrannids were on coating the entirety of the pipe in front of them, top to bottom in a huge wave of angry. "Get back to the Mech, ill hold the line until they get I back up and running." Colin calmly told the two soldiers next to him.
They turned and ran back down the tunnel, leaving Colin alone with a couple thousand angry Tyrannids. He kept hosing them down but they were still gaining ground, using their comrade's corpses as cover. Colin anxiously watched the ammo counter tick down way too fast for his liking, just as the cannon hit zero it detached and he switched to his rifle and pistol. One in each hand he continued spraying down the hall, shots connecting with the oncoming wave closer and closer. He began slowly walking backwards still unloading everything he had, his guns started overheating from continual fire on the highest setting. Giving up on his position he holstered his weapons, dropping two live grenades and booking it back down the tunnel, rounding the corner just before they went bang. The group were still standing around the Mech as Colin ran towards them "We've got company!" Colin shouted over the radio as the massive group of Tyrannids behind him came into view of the group, they started firing past him trying to slow the things down.
Seeing the Mech driver still trying to get the laser lance in place Colin stopped and turned, reaching out for the force. It gathered around him distorting light around him, when the wave of Tyrannids hit he unleashed it sending a huge wave of force in all directions, blowing the Tyrannids back and destroying most of the tunnel in the process, caving in a huge portion behind him. He looked up from his kneeling position "That's not what I was trying to do, shit." He said drawing his weapons and clicking them together as they shifted into a dual bladed staff. He assumed the ready position and prepared for the oncoming wave.
Yang
She watched as the people started firing towards Colin, she didn't see why, there was just shadows behind him. Then she realized those shadows weren't shadows and backed up a bit. Her heart stopped when Colin did, as he kneeled on the floor, water rising around him. The when the wave hit him he released it, sending a huge wave of destruction through the tunnel. Caving it in between him and them, "Colin!" she yelled jumping over the kneeling people who had stopped firing and running to the cave in. Ruby, and Weiss followed as Blake was helping the Mech operator. Yang began pounding on the rubble, smashing some of it out of the way. "That's not what I was trying to do, shit." Was the last thing she heard before a loud click indicated his radio was off, but she could still hear him yelling through the rubble wall as she tried her best to destroy it.
"Colin!" she shouted at the top of her lungs, still smashing away at the rubble. She was so intent on getting through that she didn't even hear the Mech walk up behind her, "Yang, get out of the way." Blake said grabbing her arm and pulling her aside. "What! We have to get through….BZZZZZZZZZZZT!" the noise cut her off and she shielded her eyes as the Mech blasted a hole in the rubble with its laser lance. Pushing its way through the opening the Mech was the first though, then the soldiers, then team RWBY. Looking around she didn't see Colin at first, but that was because he was covered in a thick greenish brown gooey substance. All of the Tyrannids were either dead or dying as Colin stood up from the gigantic mess he had created. "Why didn't you guys stay at the back of the group?" Colin asked splashing water on himself to get rid of the stuff.
"I thought you were going to die." Yang said crossing her arms in anger at his tone. "Yang, you saw me literally the size of a galaxy, now I admit I'm at really low power currently but come on." He said turning around, his armor nicked and scraped. "You could have gotten really hurt, or Ruby, Weiss, Blake, the squad injured as they tried to keep up with you." He said in a tone only her dad had ever used to make her feel bad about what she'd done. "I can take care of myself." She said stubbornly. "Oh really?" he said "Want to join me on point guard then?" he asked "Fine, if that's what it takes to show you that I'm not a baby." He nodded, pulled his rifle and started advancing again, Yang at his side.
They encountered a total of ten more creatures on their way, which were easily dispatched. But she didn't get what all of the fuss was about, the rest of them were dead, what's the problem. Then she saw it, as they walked into a gigantic cavern filled with what looked like millions of them, ranging in size from 5-6 feet, all the way up to a 40 foot monster sitting at the back of the massive circular cavern. She stopped walking and just stared at the walls which were moving, but on closer inspection they were covered in creatures.