Chapter Thirty Six: Fortifications
"We should go and take over the water purification building before they even have a chance to take it back over." Alec said.
"Only problem with that is with that is with so many of us, we would take too long and drain the water completely, then the way you got up there, swimming, would be out of the question. Meaning we would need an extra ladder, and I don't think-" Tim was interrupted by Kevin.
"Oh, I have another ladder." Kevin said.
"...Well, that problem is solved then, don't know where you got the second ladder, but it works." Tim said.
"Or we could just say fuck it and attack on the surface." Joe said.
"And get slaughtered by all of the soldiers outside? I pass, not to mention that they'll see us coming out of the sewers. They'll put two and two together and find four, man." Tim said.
"Only real problem is holding the building against the Republic afterwards, as Alec already did the task of killing the original soldiers in there." Kevin said.
"We'll hold it, and afterwards we'll share the water with the citizens. Boosting our influence and no doubt our numbers." Alec said.
"I'm all for it. What's the plan?" Tim said.
"Me and Kevin will go first, I'll drain the water and set the second ladder. The reason for this is all that water is going to be coming down here, raising the water level a good deal. Then I'll stay up there to defend the second ladder, while Kevin goes and gets the main group led by Tim, and makes their way up there. When we're all together, we will take out any Republic soldiers that have manifested there after my original assault. We will then fortify the water purification building, and hold off against an assault from the Republic which will probably happen. During all of this Joe will remain here with the rest, in case if they somehow find our base here." Alec planned.
"Sounds good. Let's go, Al." Kevin said, grabbing his second ladder. Alec and Kevin walked out of the Rebel Headquarters and headed back to the pipe. Alec was carrying two loaded Republic rifles in his arms. They made it to the pipe where the first ladder stood.
"Okay, you take the ladder and both rifles, and go far away as you can until the water is drained, and I whistle for you." Alec said, handing Kevin the two rifles as well. Alec did not know how Kevin was so strong or how he could hold a ladder along with two rifles at the same time. He climbed up the ladder and into the pipe and quickly made it to the cover. He quickly opened it, allowing the water to flow out, which sent him flying out of the pipe, naturally. He nearly hit the first ladder, but he landed in the safe, perfectly clean, sewage water. He quickly got up and held the ladder firmly in place as the rest of the water poured out of the pipe. The sewer's water level increased a good deal as Alec said it was going to, though it was only slightly under his knees. Alec whistled, and Kevin came back with the two rifles and the second ladder.
Alec took one of the rifles and had Kevin help him with getting the second ladder up and into the pipe.
"Alright, go get the others." Alec said, putting on his Republic mask. Kevin nodded, and headed back to the Rebel Headquarters. Alec got back into the damp pipe, and pushed the second ladder all the way through until he heard the sound of it hitting the floor ahead. Alec crawled out of the pipe, but ended up falling on the same hard steel ladder he had just pushed through the pipe.
Alec grunted while getting up, and picked up the ladder to set it up to reach the platform that he had got to yesterday by just swimming up to it. He climbed up to it and waited for the others to start coming out of the pipe, one by one.
They all climbed up the ladder after crawling through the pipe, to join Alec.
"Okay, if there's soldiers beyond, we kill them. Then the water is ours. If there isn't, then the water is ours without a fight! Now let's move! For Canada!" Alec yelled, running up the stairs with the Rebels following him.
"Oh God damn it..." One of the Republic Soldiers who were cleaning up said, as he saw them emerge from the stairs of the Surplus Water chamber. There were about four this time, but due to the Rebels' group of ten, they easily wiped out the small amount of Republic Soldiers.
"Well, that was easy." Tim said.
"That wasn't going to be the hard part, remember? They're going to probably send a shit ton of soldiers to take the building back once they learn that we've occupied it." Alec said.
"So...time to start barricading, and the fortifications?" Kevin asked.
"Yeah, hopefully we can get this place where it'll be easy to defend before they decide to send the previously mentioned shit ton of soldiers.
"Do we have that sniper's sniper rifle or...?" Kevin asked, curious.
"No, it fell with the sniper's corpse after I pretended he was a traitor and I was killing him, after using his rifle to snipe several soldiers I tricked into going outside." Alec said.
"...Jesus Christ, I'll never make you angry." Tim said. They began to give the building fortifications, and block off the main doors.
End of Chapter Thirty Six: Fortifications
Another update down. 41,897 words. Also, I ended up messing up and not posting the REAL chapter twenty five (26 if you count the prologue). It's about a group of Old Men that were from one of the Canadian Vaults that reside in the sewer also. So you should read that too, it'll explain where the "Really Old Man" came from in the chapter after, as without it he kind of just appeared out of nowhere.
Anyways, adios.
~TGG333